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title: How to Prepare a High-Impact People Analytics Budget for 2026
description: "As HR and People Analytics leaders head into 2026 planning season, one question looms large: what should we invest in to unlock the real value of our SAP SuccessFactors data?"
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# [How to Prepare a High-Impact People Analytics Budget for 2026](https://blog.3nstrategy.com/people-analytics-budget-2026)

 Written by [3n Strategy](https://blog.3nstrategy.com/author/3n-strategy) | 06-Jun-2025 01:20:13

In our latest webinar — [**“People Analytics Investment: Preparing Your SAP SuccessFactors Budget for 2026”**](https://events.3nstrategy.com/successfactors-budget-2026) — we tackled two of the biggest blockers to building high-impact analytics plans: unclear ROI and undefined budget structures. If your team is struggling to secure funding or simply unsure what to include in next year’s plan, this session was built for you.

### **Problem 1: “We can’t get budget because we can’t prove the ROI”**

Too many HR teams fail to get funding for analytics staff, tools, or enablement because they can’t show *why* the investment matters. Our session showed how to flip the conversation.

Using 3n Strategy’s proven Questions Methodology, we walked through how to:

- Identify the critical *business* questions CHROs, CIOs and budget-holders need answered.
- Map those questions to the People Analytics capabilities required to answer them.
- Show how tools, training, or team investments are essential to generating ROI — not optional extras.

### **Problem 2: “We don’t know what to budget for”**

Even when organisations *want* to invest, they often lack structure. We shared a practical framework to build a comprehensive, value-focused People Analytics budget. It includes:

- **Strategy Development** – Planning for how analytics will deliver business value.
- **Adoption & Change Management** – Funding the behaviour change needed to make analytics stick.
- **Team Growth** – Hiring or retaining the talent to meet analytics demand.
- **Skills Development** – Training current teams to succeed with modern tools and techniques.
- **Tool Investment** – Planning for solutions like Report Stories, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Business Data Cloud (BDC), or [People Intelligence](https://events.3nstrategy.com/interview-with-sap-product-team).

Whether you’re running a small HRIS team or leading a global analytics function, this structure helps you turn ambition into a credible business case.

### **Want to See the Full Strategy?**

This session is packed with actionable insights and budget-building techniques to help you secure investment and deliver data-driven HR in 2026.

**👉** [Watch the full webinar replay here](https://events.3nstrategy.com/successfactors-budget-2026)

[View full post](https://blog.3nstrategy.com/people-analytics-budget-2026)

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