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Workday Timeline

The project timeline shows Phase 0 occurring January to March, 2023, and HCM, Payroll, and Financials deployment going from April 2023 through June 2024

The Workday project stages include a Planning Stage, an Architecture and Configure Stage, a Testing Phase, and a Deployment Stage before going live. It also includes training components during the entire life of the project.

The project timeline shows Phase 0 occurring January to March, 2023, and HCM, Payroll, and Financials deployment going from April 2023 through June 2024. Workday Student Deployment from June 2024 through October 2026. And Change Management from March 2023 through October 2026.

Platform Implementation Stages

Expand the titles below to see the key activities for each Workday Platform implementation stage

Planning Stage: April 2023 to June 2023

  • Kickoff
  • Financial Data Model
  • Foundation Tenant Build
  • Client Workday Training (project team)

Architect and Configure Stage: June 2023 to December 2023

  • Discovery Sessions
  • Configuration Updates
  • Unit and Lifecycle Testing
  • Integration and Reports
  • End-to-End Build
  • Wider User Training

Test Stage: December 2023 to April 2024

  • End-to-End Test
  • Payroll Parallel Test
  • User Acceptance Testing

Deploy Stage: April 2024 to June 2024

  • Pre-Production Build
  • Go Live Cutover

Production Support Stage: June 2024 to Forward

Upon go-live in July 2024, the system is monitored to ensure it works as expected.

Workday Transition Key Dates

Review the Workday Transition Dates page for an archived list of the key transition dates.

View Transition Dates

Contact the Workday Team

Miami University
501 E. High St.
Oxford, OH 45056
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