Top Takeaways from Planning Stage

Over the past 17 weeks, the Planning Stage has established a strong foundation for Workday at URI:

  • Defined a clear project plan and governance structure to guide implementation
  • Successfully converted data into the Workday Foundation tenant
  • Initiated redesign of the chart of accounts, transitioning from chartfield strings to Workday worktags
  • Designed the supervisory organization structure to define the University’s management hierarchy
  • Gathered and documented business requirements for reporting and system integrations
  • Outlined a comprehensive change management plan to support ongoing campus engagement
  • Documented current-state processes and future business needs to inform system design
  • Established a testing strategy, including unit and end-to-end testing