Articul8 Hex-Model™: Workforce Planning Technology Landscape
Workforce planning technology acts like a strategic GPS for your talent pipeline, integrating real-time road conditions (data) with your destination (business goals) to ensure you always have the right vehicle (skills) and capacity (headcount) for the journey.
These sophisticated, dedicated Workforce Planning platforms replace static annual headcount exercises, automate traditionally manual tasks and leverage AI and predictive analytics to generate deeper insights. This enables HR professionals to shift from reactive tracking to intelligence-centric planning, ensuring that talent acquisition, learning, and retention efforts are fully aligned with the long-term strategic needs of the business.
The Definitive Assessment: Move Beyond Static Rankings to Strategic Certainty
The HR technology landscape is complex—relying on simplistic, fixed rankings or narrow, isolated metrics is a recipe for costly mistakes. The Articul8 Hex-Model™ is the strategic difference, providing a layered, transparent view that reflects the evolving, dynamic reality of the market.
Engineered for Unmatched Depth and Precision
Our analytical foundation extends beyond basic comparisons to provide you with comprehensive strategic clarity. We ensure rigour and consistency by building the model across 11 comprehensive assessment dimensions, which feed into a total of 44 granular assessment points (sub-components).
This process is powered by our core Tri-Axis methodology, providing a unified, visual assessment across eight critical dimensions.
Market Overview
Modern workforce planning technology serves as a bridge between all HR functions, ensuring that talent acquisition, development, and retention efforts align with long-term strategy. These platforms are not just for the HR function; they require collaboration among HR leaders, Finance (who ensure cost alignment), and business executives who use the high-level analytics for decision-making. The market is undergoing rapid transformation, fueled by volatile business conditions and technological advancement. A central theme across the market is convergence. Workforce planning tools are increasingly expected to integrate seamlessly with adjacent HR systems—such as core HCM (for employee data), ATS (for pipeline data), LMS (for upskilling insights), and Finance systems (for cost budgeting).
Typical Benefits of Leveraging Workforce Planning Platforms Include
Implementing a dedicated workforce planning platform or process yields numerous strategic and operational benefits for organisations. Below are eight key buyer-relevant benefits.
Mandatory Features
When evaluating Workforce Planning solutions, certain foundational features are considered non-negotiable. These represent the basic capabilities and enterprise-ready characteristics any mature platform in this category must have.
Common Features
Beyond the fundamentals, many workforce planning solutions offer additional features that, while not strictly required, are commonly found and add value. These differentiators often leverage advanced technology or support specialised use cases.
Compare Workforce Planning systems using the Articul8 Hex-Model™. Who downloads and studies this Hex-Model™?
Workforce Planning Leaders,
People Analytics Professionals,
other Heads of HR and Talent.
Regardless of your industry vertical, the Articul8 Hex-Model™ for Workforce Planning gives you an unrivalled depth of the systems in the landscape, benchmarking that no other technology analysis tools can match.
Elev8 Advisory works closely with corporate HR teams, staying up-to-date with the latest developments from vendors and conducting rigorous research to assess the performance and potential of HR Technology software. This enables you to make informed decisions on the best software for your business.