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Get Started With HR Project Management

Apply project management fundamentals to guide impactful HR outcomes.

  • Only 19% of HR respondents report their department is highly effective in project management (McLean & Company 2023-2025 HR Management and Governance Survey; n=1,681).
  • Gaps in project management fundamentals, including effective scoping, key player engagement, planning, and risk management, increase the risk of missed deadlines, rework, and key player dissatisfaction, limiting HR’s ability to deliver on strategic priorities.

Executive Summary

Critical Insight

Successful HR projects don’t happen by chance. Success results from deliberate planning and execution grounded in project management fundamentals that drive progress, optimize resources, build key player trust, and deliver measurable value to the organization.

Impact & Result

  • Effective HR projects deliver measurable value to the organization. From strategy development to program design, successful project execution translates into tangible outcomes that improve HR’s impact and support organizational objectives.
  • Project management fundamentals enable HR to streamline workload management, resulting in projects completed on time, on budget, and in scope.
  • Strong project management elevates HR’s role as a strategic partner. HR departments who highly rate their project management effectiveness are more likely to have high overall effectiveness and business partnership capabilities, enabling HR to deliver on organizational priorities with greater credibility and impact (McLean & Company HR Management and Governance Survey).

Research & Tools

2. Planning and execution

Prepare a project kickoff meeting, anticipate and assess potential risks, create a project plan, facilitate team touchpoints, sustain key player engagement, and monitor progress.

3. Closure

Wrap up project deliverables, gather project feedback, document lessons learned, and communicate project value.

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