# What are the best practices for UKG configuration and payroll setup for growing organizations with complex needs?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hoping to get advice from the people who review UKG consulting services and have lived through these projects: what are the real best practices for UKG configuration and payroll setup when an organization is growing and its needs are complex?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">From published partner guides in the<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/ukg-consulting-services"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/ukg-consulting-services">UKG consulting services</a> category, a starter list:</p><ul>
<li>Clean and audit your data before migration, not during</li>
<li>Configure pay rules to match actual policy, including union and multi-state rules</li>
<li>Test in stages, ending with real user acceptance testing</li>
<li>Train administrators, managers, and employees separately</li>
<li>Plan a support period after go-live instead of assuming success</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Three providers I'd like real answers about:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/surety-systems/reviews"><strong>Surety Systems</strong></a>: known for go-live readiness, user acceptance testing, and knowledge transfer. Does the knowledge transfer actually stay with your team after they leave?</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/hrms-solutions-inc/reviews"><strong>HRMS Solutions</strong></a> (now Ascend): offers health assessments and annual wellness checks after go-live. Are those substantive, or a sales visit?</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/seequelle/reviews"><strong>Seequelle</strong></a>: pairs configuration with process redesign and compliance documentation, including SOX. Is redesigning the process first worth the extra weeks?</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">If you have done this more than once: which practice would you insist on next time, no matter what?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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Seequelle doing process redesign before configuration is the practice I&#39;d insist on. Mapping broken processes into UKG just moves the problem. Most teams skip it to save weeks upfront and spend months fixing it after go-live.

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