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...
February 22, 2023
By: Margaret Shepherd, Chief of Staff and Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Office of the President & Provost; Program Sponsor, UW Finance Transformation
Andreas Bohman, Vice...
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...
December 14, 2022
Looking back, 2022 started out as the year that UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) was dedicated to charging full-steam ahead, accomplishing our goals while looking forward to go-live in July 2023. While I like that steam engine analogy, I can’t help but feel like this year has...
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...
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In less than 18 months, UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) will go live and begin to transform our fragmented and out-of-date finance policies, processes and systems.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 --...
July 13th, 2021
With thousands of UW employees relying on financial data and processes to do their work, how will UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) confirm that our new finance and supply chain solution is designed to accurately meet their needs? The answer lies within a sprint.
Sprints help UWFT ensure the design of a comprehensive, user-friendly and efficient system. How is this done? Through validation,...
April 20, 2021
Planning has started in the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program for a comprehensive, structured training program to enable UW employees to thrive in the new world of streamlined and Workday®-enabled finance and supply chain processes. We know transformation programs often result in new ways of working and in new tools and skills, which require the need for users to acquire knowledge and...
March 17th, 2021
By: Brian McCartan, Vice President for Finance
Aaron Powell, Vice President for UW Information
Technology and CIO
Most of you have already heard about the reassessment of the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program that started back in October 2020. We named this five-month period the Architect Validation stage (AVS). The objective of AVS is to...