Full Steam Ahead

Conference Room Pilots Underway

The first of two conference room pilots (CRPs) kicked off in July. Core team members and key users are walking through each functional process from start to finish. Their focus? Uncovering and addressing any issues prior to locking in the configuration. CRPs are conducted iteratively to ensure end-to-end processes work as expected. They will continue through December 2021 with additional subject matter experts and key stakeholders invited to participate this fall.

What's Next

We’ll continue designing, building and piloting STRATUS through early 2022. Then we’ll turn it over to more than 50 TU subject matter experts for formal system testing. They’ll validate transactions between functional areas to prepare for user demonstrations and roadshows this spring. Training will launch throughout the spring and summer, offering opportunities for both in-person and on-demand sessions. Along the way we’ll keep you updated through newsletters, toolkits and information on the STRATUS website.

STRATUS Spotlight

In each newsletter we'll shine a light on one core team member or subject matter expert involved in STRATUS.

Gina Peach is the lead for Chart of Accounts and the co-lead for General Ledger. A longtime financial systems analyst, she brings 32 years of campus experience to the core team. She says, "I've enjoyed pulling talented people together from across the university to improve business processes and develop new dashboards and reporting."

Gina is part of the collaborative, 60+ person project team driving STRATUS decision-making.