Human Resources Management 
      Systems: A Practical Approach
       By Glenn M. Rampton, Ian J. Turnbull, J. 
        Allen Doran
      ISBN 0-459-56370-X
      Carswell
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        Planning Topics
     the planning process
     elements of project management
     the steering committee
     the project team
     communications strategy
     identifying and building-in critical 
      success factors
     planning for the management of change
     options - repair & refine, build, or buy
     implementation of the plan
     training and documentation issues
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        HRMS Phases
       planning
       designing
       developing
       implementing
       maintaining
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    Project Planning 
       Project plans are established 
        to meet strategic, tactical, 
        and  operational goals
       Plans can be too broad, or 
        too detailed
       Over-planning, or taking too 
        much time to plan, can doom a 
        project as can jumping into  
        developing a system without a 
        plan
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    Planning (cont’d)
     Planning is a pragmatic process, 
     with the aim of developing plans 
     that  are effective and 
     efficient, not that are all 
     inclusive or perfect. Plans, like 
     their financial counterparts, 
     budgets, represent the planner's 
     best estimate at a specific point 
     in time.
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