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Leading For Workday Success: Governance and Decision-Making
Where: Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center
14 Mechanic Street
Southbridge, MA 01550
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Carpool Information
When: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 4:00pm
Note: Registration starts at 7:30am
Workshop Organizer: Lee Ann McQuery of Collaborative Solutions
Registration Fee:
NERCOMP Member:
Early-bird rate prior to December 11 - $123.25 (15% discount)
Rate December 11 and after - $145
Non Member:
Early-bird rate prior to December 11 - $246.50 (15% discount)
Rate December 11 and after - $290
The registration fee includes am and pm break and lunch.
Event Overview
Successful enterprise transformation involves a balanced and holistic integration of people, processes, and technologies that translates strategic vision into operational reality and accounts for stakeholder breadth and institutional complexity. This degree of integration doesn’t merely happen; it is often nurtured and driven by effective, responsive, and nimble project governance.
In this workshop, we will explore the elements of governance and decision-making that contribute to a successful Workday implementation, paying attention to practices that have a greater impact on project success. We will define and apply a framework approach toward project governance design where participants will draft models for their institutions, share potential challenges and pitfalls, and hone ideas and concepts that can be socialized and integrated within their organizations. For any transformation effort, preparation is crucial, so the goal of this workshop is to help participants ready themselves for the leadership that will be needed to attain implementation success.
Session Outcomes:
- Awareness of governance and decision-making best practices that are rooted within the context of Workday implementations.
- Definition of a project governance and decision-making framework that can be aligned with and applied to the participant’s own planning and readiness efforts.
- Identification of potential challenges and opportunities to balance stakeholder involvement in prioritization and decision-making to reduce risks common risks such as analysis paralysis, over escalation, gaps in authority/responsibility, etc
Registration Cancellation Policy:
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Speakers for the Day:
Chad Kainz, Senior Manager, Strategy | Strategy & Transformation Services, Collaborative Solutions
Blake Williams, Senior Manager | Strategy & Transformation Services, Collaborative Solutions
Agenda
7:30am - 9:00am Coffee & Registration
9:00am - 9:15am Introductions & Context
Participant context and introductions to level-set the workshop
9:15am - 10:30am Setting the Stage
Overview of governance and decision-making in a Workday context
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 12:00pm Crafting a Project Governance Framework
Uncovering your decision-making culture, identifying stakeholders, and envisioning an appropriate governance model that intersects with Workday
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:15pm Defining Roles, Responsibilities & Communication
Explore who, what, and when of project governance and the importance of clarity in decision-making.
2:15pm - 2:30pm Break
2:30pm - 3:30pm Enabling Decision-Making & Escalation
Define decision types and priority and frame the flow of escalations to avoid analysis paralysis by having the people make the appropriate choices.
3:30pm - 4:00pm Starting the Process
Closing thoughts and wisdom among participants and session leaders about readying institutions for Workday
4:00pm End
Chad Kainz
With 28+ years of professional experience, Chad specializes in strategy, design, planning, and change in the areas of service delivery, user experience, learning, and the applied use of technology to transform organizations and organizational culture. His work with customers draws upon 18 years’ experience at the University of Chicago, where his capstone role was the Assistant CITO (CIO) and Executive Director for Campus & Academic Services; 8 years of strategic consulting experience across the domains of digital/online learning, student experience redesign, and learning technology; and as a co-PI and co-director on a Mellon-funded shared services planning project with UC Berkeley. He has contributed to research projects funded by Mellon, IBM and the National Library of Medicine, and collaborative efforts of the Ivy League, Big-10, CNI, CSG, NITLE, EDUCAUSE, and Internet2.
Blake Williams
Blake has over 13 years of professional experience in information technology and has worked within the Workday ecosystem since in 2011. He is a certified Workday implementer and team leader with vast experience in complex, large enterprise implementations, integrations and holistic transformations. With a strong security background backed by practical expertise, Blake relates to and advises leadership teams with a pragmatic perspective to achieve complex and critical transformation goals. Blake has led some of Workday’s largest implementations across multiple markets, which to date have spanned over 200 countries.
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center, the conference location.
To make reservations contact the Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center at 508-765-8000 and request the "NERCOMP Room Block".
The room block for January 21, 2020, will be available until 5:00pm on December 22, 2019.
Standard guest rooms are available for $109 per night, single occupancy.
Accessiblity
The Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center has several accessibility features. Accessible parking is available in the front of the building. All workshops take place on main level of the hotel and there are elevators to all guest rooms.
Presentations, Slides and Handouts:
1. Leading for Workday Success: Governance and Decison-Making Framework