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...
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In less than 18 months, UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) will go live and begin to transform our fragmented and out-of-date finance policies, processes and systems.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...
November 16, 2021
By: Francis Sadac, Training Lead, UWFT
Amber True, Training Designer/Developer, UWFT
There’s no need to wait for a “formal invitation.” As part of UW Finance Transformation’s (UWFT) training approach and to assist staff who have expressed eagerness to gain more financial knowledge or wondered...
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...
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,...
June 24, 2021
One of the major goals of the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program is to collaboratively redesign our finance-related systems so they better align with Workday® and enterprise tools functionality. As you can imagine, this is a huge lift, involving many units and systems throughout the institution.
In 2020, the UWFT technology change management (TCM) team worked with our stakeholders to...
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...