March 16, 2023
What’s the first thing you do when you get a new gadget or appliance for your home? The first thing I do after unboxing it is read the instruction manual, and then I immediately search YouTube for instructional videos. I’m motivated by and eager to reap the benefits: If I can learn to operate this new remote control for my window blinds, I can keep the bright sunlight out, or if I can assemble my new...
January 10, 2023
Happy New Year! With the turn of the calendar, it’s almost hard to believe that we’re just about six months away from launching UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) and our new finance and supply chain infrastructure.
As...
October 11, 2022
In the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program, there’s an integral level of facilitators working on behalf of all employees across the enterprise who engage in financial activities. These are the people who — in addition to performing their “day job” — become the eyes and ears a unit can depend on to provide information and insight into navigating finance transformation, plus capture all...
September 14, 2022
A new academic year is one of my favorite times; I love the excitement, school spirit and energy of vibrant campus life. But, it occurred to me — if you’re someone involved with campus financial activity — by this time next year you’ll be working with new systems and processes, as well as navigating new policies. If that seems like a big deal, it’s because it is! With less than a year left in the UW...
May 18, 2022
“What’s Changing?” That’s the number one question folks on the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program team get asked from our stakeholders. Sometimes, it’s in follow-up to a conversation about a more specific topic like “What’s changing about the design for our new product catalog?” Other times, we get the question from those we haven’t checked in with in a while, who ask, “What’s changing...
April 20, 2022
Many of you know earlier this month, we officially moved into the fifth stage within UW Finance Transformation’s (UWFT) Implementation Phase — the Test stage. Program sponsors approved our request to formally exit the Configure and Prototype (C&P) stage, passing along congratulations and praise. And our collective C&P...
March 15, 2022
By: Jeff Bishop, Change Management Pillar Lead, UW Finance Transformation
Jason Kalivas, Change Readiness Manager, UW Finance Transformation
Over the past two years, the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program has ramped up its engagement with you — our stakeholders — and your units through various team outreach and multiple activities. The functional and technology teams are...
January 13th, 2022
In less than 18 months, UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) will go live and begin to transform our fragmented and out-of-date finance policies, processes and systems. This work is vital so that we can advance our University’s public mission of education, discovery, community service and patient care.
This new infrastructure, set to launch in July 2023, will enable us to make real-time, well-informed and...
December 15, 2021
As we approach the end of 2021, looking back at this time last year -- December 2020 -- we were all in waiting mode. The COVID-19 vaccine was starting to be administered. We had hopes of resuming leisure travel, reopening businesses and returning to campus. Within UW Finance Transformation (UWFT), the program also took a moment and decided to insert a new stage --...
The Dauntless Spirit Driving UWFT's Technical PillarOctober 19, 2021
Gail Rogers brings many years of senior-level success in building strong, cohesive teams to achieve business and IT strategic goals and deliver complex, large-scale technology solutions. She has experience across several industries and technologies including SAP, Oracle, geographic information systems and business intelligence. Gail joined the...