FST Update

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As 2020 draws to a close, the FST project team would like to thank everyone at UVA who has worked closely with us this year -- there's absolutely no way we could do any of this without your expertise and input.  

While we should all be proud of this year's progress, we also know that like our worn-out canine friend pictured above, we all need a break.  Please take time over the winter break to do whatever it is that brings you peace and joy.  We look forward to working with you all in 2021!

Until then, here's where things stand at the moment and what's coming up in the New Year.

As the year ends 

Customer Confirmation sessions are wrapping up.  Nearly 1500 stakeholders from across UVA have seen the first look at Workday financials functionality with UVA data inside. The 18 confirmation sessions are just a starting point for UVA getting a look at Workday Financials and confirming that the overall direction meets UVA’s needs.  During the sessions, attendees got to see business processes performed within the tenant, and they asked questions and noted issues that we’ll have to tackle in the future.

Check out the online Community to see slide decks for each customer confirmation session.   There will be another round of customer confirmation sessions in May of 2021. 

In other news, the project management office is continuing work with UVA’s audit team and an outside firm on a project health check, the Reporting & Analytics team is working on the development of reports for their first spring cycle, and the System Remediation Network is continuing its work.

Looking Ahead 

The team is going to take the information from this first round of customer confirmation sessions and continue their configuration and prototype work, culminating in another build of the UVA Tenant of Workday Financials in April of 2021, just in time for that next round of Customer Confirmation sessions in May.

There will be another tenant build after the second one if we have time, and we’ll do testing of the system for eight months starting around September of 2021. 

We'll also be socializing the Foundation Data Model (see more on that here) after winter break.  Beginning in January and throughout the spring and summer, the team will be working with schools and units to meticulously sort out the mapping from the PTAO to the FDM. 

Check out the Phase 3 - Implementation Roadmap on the FST Website for more information on what's coming up.

And best wishes for a wonderful 2021!