At the end of 2014, Henkel launched the AIM4 Future program to simplify and optimize the Identity & Access Management process and architecture landscape. One of the major targets is to automate the standard User Lifecycle process as much as possible with an end to end process view over IT, Security, HR and Financial processes, e.g. starting with HR recruitment and ending with IT workplace onboarding at day1 of an employee.
Beside the technical challenges to exchange 5 tailor made application to a standard market solution the most intense discussion area is the cross process alignment with HR which is basis to achieve the visions around automation in IAM.
