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Oracle Fusion HCM Health Check versus Design Review: which do you need?
Both are fixed-fee entry points. The right one depends on a single question: is the system already running payroll?
The short answer
If you are not live yet, you need the Design Review. If you are live, or late enough in testing to have real cycles to read, you need the Health Check.
| Design Review | Health Check | |
|---|---|---|
| Stage | Before build or before go-live | Live, or late in testing |
| Reads | The design: documents and configuration workbooks | The system: a read-only copy of production and three closed cycles |
| Covers | Enterprise structure, payroll relationship model, element set against contracts, integration inventory, test approach, go-live shape | One scope: Payroll and Statutory, or Talent and Recruiting, across eight inspection areas |
| Duration | 2 to 3 days | 3 weeks |
| Fee | USD 2,500 fixed | USD 7,500 fixed, credited in full against work from the findings |
| You receive | Findings rated by risk, design decisions to revisit, walkthrough | Written report, findings register with evidence, remediation plan, walkthrough |
Why the Design Review comes first when you can
A design decision costs least before it is built. Once a payroll relationship model or element set has been configured, tested and migrated against, changing it means rework across every module that depends on it. Two to three days of independent reading at design sign-off is the cheapest assurance a programme can buy.
Why the Health Check needs real cycles
Localisation and handoff failures rarely show up in a design document. A gratuity base that excludes a contract-eligible allowance looks fine on paper and in the payslip. It only shows when you read closed cycles line by line against the contracts, which is what the Health Check does.
Checklist: which one fits
- Payroll has not run live yet: Design Review
- SIT or UAT is under way and parallel runs exist: either, depending on what is in doubt
- Live with recurring exceptions: Health Check, Payroll and Statutory scope
- Hiring happening outside the system: Health Check, Talent and Recruiting scope
- Implementation partner has handed over with open issues: Health Check
Frequently asked
Can we do both?
Yes. Many programmes take a Design Review before build and a Health Check after the first live cycles.
Is the Design Review fee credited?
The Health Check fee is credited in full against work commissioned from its findings. Ask us on the call about the Design Review.