Good afternoon, As some of you may know, I was recently in Austin for the NACUBO 2019-20 Fellows Program, where I had the opportunity to discuss Operational Excellence and learn from the other participants. I’m very proud of the Operational Excellence work to date and want to thank everyone for your support. Please note that due to scheduling conflicts, the Steering … Read more

Good afternoon,     Hope everyone has had a great July so far! We set a July 8th internal deadline to launch pilots and start user testing. Thanks to the hard work of our design teams we’ve been able to meet this goal. More specifically:  The Travel & Expense Team launched … Read more

Good afternoon,    This week our team has been busy preparing for the launch of the Wave 1 pilots for Travel & Expense Team, HR Team and Research Team. All three pilots will kick-off the week of July 8th. More specifically:   The Travel & … Read more

Good afternoon,   Hope you’ve had a great week so far! The Operational Excellence team continues to focus on the three Wave 1 initiatives. More specifically:  The Travel & Expense Team continued developing resources for the new travel site. They also discussed a plan for … Read more

Good afternoon, Hope your week is going well! Here’s a quick look at what the Operational Excellence team focused on this week:  The Travel & Expense Team completed the first version of a Quick Reference Guide, Travel Checklist, and Booking Guide. They also discussed … Read more

Good afternoon! This has been a busy week in Operational Excellence. The Steering Committee met yesterday and we had a robust discussion centered around research administration. Thank you for those of you that participated – your input is invaluable. Below … Read more

Hey everybody. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend – and enjoyed their short week of work. Here is a brief recap of Operational Excellence work from the week: The Research Team continues to design solutions to expedite … Read more

As we head into to the long weekend, I want to share a quick update on the progress our team has made this week: The HR Team continued working in two groups to address student employment and position management. The student employment group began to … Read more

Hope everyone has had a great week. With commencement in the rearview mirror and summer schedules taking shape, teams in Operational Excellence are going strong. Take a look at how we’re moving forward in each workstream: The Research Design Team conducted interviews in different units to learn how … Read more

Happy Friday everybody! Campus is buzzing in preparation for this weekend’s commencement.  Our teams continue to dig in on solution mode – and have made great progress this week: The Travel and Expense Initiative team continued their conversations from last week about … Read more