Assessments & Strategic Engagements
Most clients start with some form of low-cost, no-obligation assessment designed to help them move forward no matter where they are in their HCM journey.
We can create a custom assessment for you, or you can choose from one of our proven assessment offerings.
Contact us →Risk Mitigation Engagements
Payroll Continuity Risk Assessment (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Fear of payroll disruption
- Deliverable: Complete risk analysis of your current payroll operation with failure points mapped, plus a zero-downtime migration blueprint
- Benefits: We'll show you exactly how to transition without missing a single payroll cycle - or identify why your current setup is more vulnerable than you think
Data Migration Confidence Audit (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Data migration fears
- Deliverable: Assessment of your current data quality, migration complexity score, and sample data conversion with discrepancy report
- Benefits: We'll prove we can accurately migrate your data by doing a test validation of your most complex employee records
Financial Clarity Engagements
True Cost of Ownership Analysis (3 weeks)
- Addresses: Unclear ROI and hidden costs
- Deliverable: Side-by-side TCO comparison of current vs. new solution including hidden costs (manual workarounds, IT support tickets, compliance risks, shadow systems)
- Benefits: Discover how much you are really spending (most companies are spending 20-40% more than they think) on your current system once hidden costs are revealed
Contract Optimization & Exit Strategy (2 Weeks)
- Addresses: Vendor lock-in concerns
- Deliverable: Current contract analysis, negotiation strategy for early termination/credits, optimal timing recommendation
- Benefits: We'll help you understand your exit options and might save you significant termination fees you didn't know you could
Technical Validation Engagements
Integration Feasibility Assessment (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Integration complexity concerns
- Deliverable: Technical architecture review with integration map, API compatibility analysis, and proof-of-concept for your most critical integrations
- Benefits: We'll provide technical walkthroughs of how systems will integrate with attention to key fields and how they will map to your systems
Strategic Planning Engagements
HR Technology Roadmap Workshop (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Not knowing the art of the possible
- Deliverable: 3-year HR tech strategy aligned with business goals, capability maturity assessment, and prioritized improvement opportunities
- Benefits: Even if you don't change systems now, you'll have a clear strategy for modernizing HR operations on your timeline
Stakeholder Alignment Sprint (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Internal buy-in challenges
- Deliverable: Business case presentation tailored for CFO/IT/CEO, objection handling guide, and executive briefing materials
- Benefits: We'll help you build a solid business case that gets CFO and IT support - no sales pitch, just strategic consulting
Implementation Planning Engagements
Implementation Blueprint & Resource Plan (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Resource constraints and implementation timeline concerns
- Deliverable: Detailed project plan with realistic timeline, resource requirements by week, and mitigation strategies for minimal disruption
- Benefits: Know exactly what you're signing up for before you sign - including how to staff the project without burning out your team
Change Management Engagements
HR Technology Roadmap Workshop (2 weeks)
- Addresses: Change fatigue
- Deliverable: Employee survey analysis, pain point mapping, and experience improvement scorecard
- Benefits: Find out what your employees actually like/dislike about current HR systems - you might be surprised
Ready to Get Started?
Contact the team at Align HCM today.