If you've been in a meeting with discussion of Foundation Data Model (FDM) timelines, you've probably heard the terms frost and freeze mentioned. They are part of the progression of activities taking place as we near the Workday Financials go-live date of July 1, 2022.
So what do they mean and how do they differ?
Frost
When we frost mapping activities, the velocity of change really slows down. People will be getting committed to their FDM values and starting to do their conversions. So at that point, while changes aren't off the table completely, wholesale alterations like those that have been happening for months prior will be slowed down significantly. Some changes can continue if needed. For example, if a new gift came in during the frost period, the project team would map that, as you would want to recognize the gift in the current year. Just like in nature, the frost sends signals that it's time to slow down and prepare to go dormant.
Freeze
The freeze, therefore, is that time of dormancy. When activities are frozen, it means there will be no more FDM changes because the data will start being loaded into the UVA tenant that we will use at go-live. That necessitates that the data stop moving for a while.
The frost and freeze periods don't mean that changes can't happen in the future, after go-live, but they are necessary to help us prepare the tenant to be ready for use on July 1.
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