The IGA platforms are mature, and the integrations are well proven. Yet many IGA projects end up taking longer and delivering less than planned. The common denominator is rarely the product – it is the groundwork and the anchoring in the organization.
The pitfalls
The five we see most often
- The IT project without the business
IGA moves decisions about who may do what out to managers and system owners. If the business is not on board from the start, IT is left alone with rules nobody wants to own. Involve process owners from day one, and let them define the approval flows.
- Poor HR data as the foundation
The automation is only as good as the source data. Missing end dates, wrong organizational placements, and outdated job titles turn into wrong access – just faster. Clean up the HR data before switching the automation on.
- The role model that grew
Trying to build the perfect role model for the whole organization before go-live often ends in hundreds of roles nobody maintains. Start with birthright access – what everyone in a department needs – and let the role model grow with experience.
- Big bang instead of stages
All systems in one combined go-live sounds efficient, but makes the project heavy and risky. Pick a few high-value systems first, show results, and expand from there with the organization behind you.
- Choosing the product before clarifying the need
If the tool is chosen before processes and requirements are clarified, the organization ends up shaping itself around the tool instead of the other way around. Clarify needs, data foundation, and governance first, and let the product choice follow from the requirements.
What works
The pattern across the pitfalls is the same: too much too early – and too little groundwork. The projects that succeed have clarified processes, system landscape, data foundation, and governance before implementation begins.
That is exactly what a pre-implementation project should deliver. Our IGA Ready engagement maps your processes and requirements in a structured way and results in a documented basis for the decision and a roadmap, so the implementation itself starts on solid ground.
Want your IGA project to start well?
IGA Ready is our structured pre-implementation project: processes, system landscape, requirements, and roadmap – before you choose a product and get started.
