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The First Round of Workday Testing In in Full Swing
March 12, 2024
The Workday Platform Implementation is progressing well. The Workday Project Team is currently in the Unit Testing stage, where data is loaded into a version of Workday for system testing.
Unit Testing involves working through workflow scenarios specific to each area of Finance, Human Resources, and Payroll and fine-tuning each process to run most smoothly and efficiently. The nearly 800 scenarios that teams are reviewing demonstrates the extensive nature of this undertaking. The progress made thus far, though, continues to go well.
The Workday Platform, encompassing Finance, HR, and Payroll functions, is scheduled to launch in October. Following this, the implementation of Workday Student will begin.
Project Update: Winter Term with Workday
February 6, 2024
Phase 1 of the Workday Implementation is well underway, focused on Workday Platform, which includes DePauw’s business, finance, human resources, and payroll functions.
During the weeks since project launch in October, the Workday Project Team participated in planning with Workday consultants, engaged in training to learn how Workday works, and completed workbooks detailing DePauw’s current data structures and workflows in our systems that ultimately will replaced by Workday Platform, including e-Services and ADP.
The team spent their January Winter Term conducting Workday foundation alignment sessions (“FAS”) with Workday consultants.
Workday Implementation Project Launched
October 9, 2023
The Workday implementation is officially underway! The Project is a multi-year project and will comprise two phases:
Phase 1: October 2023 - October 2024
Workday Platform includes the business, finance, and human resources functions of the institution.
Phase 2: September 2024 - August 2026
Workday Student includes student information, registration, advising, and financial aid.
Project Preparations: Team Building
September 29, 2023
Leading into project launch, during September the Workday Project Team engaged in team building workshops, honing their skills in communication, change management, time management, team effectiveness, and related areas. This work together helped them develop a common framework for working as a team and was aimed to set them up for success throughout the project.
DePauw Partners with Workday for Enterprise System
July 31, 2023
DePauw University is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Workday to deliver our new Enterprise Resource Planning System. The 3.5 year implementation, which will begin in October 2023, will encompass DePauw’s financial, human resources, and student information systems.