Project Timeline
The Journey Ahead
A high-level glimpse of project phases and their estimated dates of completion is displayed below, with the current activities listed at the top of the page. This is a tentative timeline subject to change depending on actual project task completions. Please revisit this website periodically for updates and the latest version.
Project Scope Definition and Refinement
Deloitte and Stony Brook working together to align on scoping for modules, business processes and development. This will enable the team to review resource needs as the project progresses. While most modules are completed, FDI remains open as the team is determining future reporting needs.
Broadening Campus Awareness
The OCM team will be working throughout the project to inform, educate and guide the
campus community through changes that WolfieONE will bring to the University and Hospital
via efforts such as road shows, town halls, enewsletters, surveys, etc. Visit the OCM website for more information
Refine Technical Strategy
The technical teams are refining the scope of integrations with boundary systems (other Stony Brook systems that will have bi-directional data flow with WolfieONE), designing foundational and reusable services, critical integrations design, and demonstrating proof of concepts. For reporting, the team is defining scope of reporting, rationalizing the current inventory, reconciliation reports, and designing foundational services to support reporting.
Host Design Workshops
These sessions entail covering end-to-end business processes (and other design elements)
for each module, and making decisions on how to leverage system functionality, defining
system configuration for the next phase.
ERP and HCM: Feb-July 2024
EPM: June-End of 2024
OCM: During this period, OCM will be working to capture and analyze change impacts as
well as conducting a change readiness survey.
Conduct First Cycle of HCM Conversion
The technical team will engage impacted stakeholders in data cleansing efforts to ensure data quality prior to conversion into the new system. This team will also be working on integrations across systems. We are preparing for our Mock Conversion and preparing the environment with configuration and extracts from legacy systems.
Build Phase
The project leads will configure and build the system according to the specifications
from the Design phase, and doing so in iterative and flexible cycles, called “Sprints”.
The testing phase can only begin once the configuration has been completed and the
initial cycle of data conversion has taken place. We will complete 3 Sprints by Dec
this year.
OCM: During this period, OCM will conduct education sessions, assess change impacts and
develop a change leader network.
Security and Controls
Strategy, gathering requirements, drafting the Segregation of Duties matrix, configuring workbooks and performing sprints to build security roles. To date, we have completed custom role builds for all Finance modules; Demonstrated Finance roles. Coming up: finalizing HCM custom roles in early 2025.
Completed Activities
Kickoff/Leadership Alignment
Launch the program and engage a broad audience. Begin identifying stakeholders who need to provide input to project team.
Chart of Accounts (CoA) Structure and Definitions
Gather requirements and input from key stakeholders, assess the current state, conduct workshops, determine how Stony Brook will use segments.
Imagine Phase
Project team preparedness, basic knowledge of Oracle Cloud, confirm necessary participants
in workshops.
OCM: Conduct leadership alignment labs to produce project vision, governance and guiding
principles (available on the Resources page of this site). Conduct stakeholder analysis
to determine impacted stakeholders throughout various phases of the project. Build
stakeholder engagement plan. Develop training strategy.
Finalize CoA Structure
This is the financial classification that will be used for all future transactions and reporting, including the chart segments, their unique purpose, developing a glossary to educate end-users on the new nomenclature and the ways in which these segments can be combined for reporting.
Map CoA Values
The CoA team gathered and mapped values from the prior Chart to the future Chart design. Completion of this task was key to the technical development of the new Oracle system including conversions, reporting, and boundary systems.
Process Maps
The functional teams conducted a breakdown of sub-processes, key decision points, steps and approvals to be completed in WolfieONE by different personas. These workflow designs (“process maps”) are then leveraged across workshops and sprints to show best practices, to document Stony Brook-specific processes, and to bridge the user stories that fall under end-to-end processes. HR Modules for which we completed Process Maps include Core HR, Compensation, Learning, Payroll and HR Helpdesk. ERP modules for which we completed Process Maps: Receivables, General Ledger, Payables, and Cash Management.