Tempus Resource integrates with all traditional project, Agile, GRC and task management tools. Whether it’s through our open REST API or through a native integration, organizations using Tempus Resource have a full picture into the enterprise’s audits – regardless of the specific GRC tool. Organizations can bring in audits and other work from multiple sources to make sure their resource plan is accurate, complete and relevant to the entire organization.

Benefits of Integrating Tempus Resource with your Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools

Tempus Resource can connect to any GRC platform where export is available. Common integrations with GRC platforms and Tempus Resource include TeamMate+, Archer, SAP GRC, and IBM OpenPages. These platforms excel at audit planning, while Tempus Resource provides advanced resource management, forecasting, and capacity planning. Tempus Resource and TeamMate+ have a partnership that enables TeamMate+ customers to take advantage of Tempus Resource’s resource and audit scheduling, capacity and allocation data, and scenario simulations that tie seamlessly with their TeamMate+ data. Organizations using other GRC tools can take advantage of this by building an integration with their own tools.

Here is how Tempus Resource complements GRC systems for audit planning and execution:

1. Enhanced Resource Planning
   • Tempus Resource focuses on aligning audit demands (skills, roles, experience) with available auditors, addressing gaps where GRC systems fall short.
2. Skill Matching with Placeholder Roles
   • Tempus Resource allows defining skill requirements for audits and automates matching with suitable auditors, simplifying planning for specialized or regional audits.
3. What-If Scenario Analysis
   • Users can simulate different audit scenarios in Tempus Resource to optimize resource use, minimize risks, and adjust plans proactively.
4. Real-Time Visibility
   • Offers up-to-date insights into auditor availability and capacity, ensuring audits are neither understaffed nor overburdened.
5. Global Skill and Experience Tracking
   • Tracks specific skills like languages or regional knowledge, ensuring precise alignment for international audits. Track experience, accreditation and even continuing education hours to make sure your people are compliant with regulations.
6. GRC Integration
   • Seamlessly integrates with GRC systems, combining Tempus Resource’s planning strengths with the GRC tool’s execution and compliance management.
7. Optimized Utilization
   • Balances workloads across auditing teams, ensuring efficient use of resources and audit compliance.
8. Predictable Timelines
   • Aligns resource availability with audit schedules and milestones, reducing delays and ensuring timely execution.
9. Advanced Reporting
   • Provides analytics on resource allocation and progress, offering actionable insights for continuous improvement.
10. Workforce Planning
    • Tempus Resource allows audit managers to plan for audits well into the future. Audit Leaders can work with HR and finance leaders to develop and training and hiring strategy based on future demands.

Implementation Steps:

1. Configure Integration: Set up seamless data exchange between your GRC tool and Tempus Resource, ensuring accuracy and consistency in audit and engagement details.
2. Define Key Processes: Establish clear guidelines for managing audit, engagement and resource data in your GRC tool to ensure clean data flows into Tempus Resource.
3. Provide Training: Educate audit managers and resource schedulers on leveraging Tempus Resource for scenario planning, analytics, and forecasting.
4. Monitor and Refine: Regularly review integration performance and optimize workflows for evolving project demands.

Tempus Resource addresses GRC system limitations, enhancing audit efficiency, adaptability, and strategic planning while ensuring global visibility and optimal use of auditor resources.

Read more about how effective resource management can help your organization achieve its goals and what to look for in a resource management solution with our Buyers’ Guide for Resource Management. To learn more about how Tempus Resource can help with your resource management needs, see Tempus Resource in action with one of our use case-specific demos. If you would like a customized demo for your organization, you can reach out to us.