The ElevateR
Elevate's newsletter, the ElevateR is the best resource for staying up-to-date on our implementation of Workday. Each issue of the ElevateR features a message and program update from Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning, Jack Blanchard, as well as event reminders, Workday terms, details on Workday's functionality, and FAQs.
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- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
As you may have heard, the Elevate Program has a new Go Live date for Workday Finance and Human Capital Management (HCM): November 15, 2023. This date was selected after consulting with key stakeholders across our partner entities, and it is our hope that this extended timeline will provide plenty of time for staff and faculty to prepare for the transition to Workday. You can learn more about this…
- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
If you’ve seen the announcement from our Executive Sponsors, you know that leadership and the Elevate Program team have made the decision to delay Workday Go Live. At the end of March, the program completed our most recent Go/No Go Assessment, a rigorous and transparent assessment that evaluated critical milestones, technical metrics, and campus readiness. The outcome of this most recent assessment was…
- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
Things are developing rapidly over at Elevate as we draw closer to Go Live on July 17, 2023. We are reaching critical milestones on developing and piloting training materials, nailing down cutover dates and transition activities, and conducting extensive user testing. Some high-level accomplishments from the last month include:
I hosted a Town Hall (February 22 and 23) open to the… - Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
In case you haven’t heard, our team had our first of three “Go/No Go” assessments this month. The decision is in: we met criteria to Go! This means we are on track to Go Live with Workday on July 17, 2023!
Our “Go/No Go” assessments are a normal part of large system implementations. We have two more assessments planned with the next one to be conducted in early April. Our Executive…
- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
It’s officially 2023 - the year our team has been anticipating for years. This July, the first phase of our Workday implementation will Go Live: Human Capital Management (HCM) and Finance.
Our training team has also been heads-down to ensure that end-user training, including on-demand computer based training and instructor-led training, is ready for users to begin in April 2023. Registration for…
- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
Reflecting on 2022
As 2022 comes to an end, I want to take the time to reflect on Elevate’s growth and accomplishments over the past year. In 2022, the Elevate Program has:
Completed our Customer Confirmation Sessions in early February. These sessions provided 468 staff members from our Project Implementation Teams (PIT Crews) and Advisory Groups with an opportunity to share feedback that… - Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
Earlier this month, I was delighted to speak to so many staff, faculty, and students across all of our institutions at the Fall 2022 Town Hall sessions. We had 640 people join us from the University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and University System of Maryland Office. Such continued engagement from…
- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
Workday’s Go Live date of July 1, 2023 is fast approaching. I, along with the Elevate Program team, have been meeting with Divisions and Colleges to assist units to prepare for Workday. Importantly, end-user training for Workday will begin in April 2023.
Behind the scenes, our functional and technical teams are running thousands of scenarios to test the configured Workday system, integrations, and… - Message from Elevate’s Executive Sponsors:
Elevate and its implementation of Workday is the largest software deployment program in the history of the University of Maryland. As executive sponsors of this program, we appreciate the monumental effort and exceptional level of collaboration from the many staff and faculty contributing to the success of this project.
One of the pillars of the University’s new strategic plan, Fearlessly Forward, In Pursuit of Excellence and Impact…
- Message from Jack J. Blanchard, Associate Provost for Enterprise Resource Planning:
Our July 2023 Go Live date may have felt like a distant future for some, but we are fast approaching the launch of our new Finance and Human Capital Management systems in Workday, with approximately ten months to go. So much has been accomplished over the past year and a half, with much more to do in the coming months. As you begin your academic year, the Elevate Team will be hard at…