User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Following the Steering Committee’s approval, the programme moved forward to User Acceptance Testing (UAT), where representatives across all areas of the University participated in over 40 UAT sessions over a 3 week period. This provided our end users in the community with an opportunity to test 252 everyday scenarios and provide valuable feedback to ensure, ahead of go-live, that the system is functioning as intended and meeting your needs.
Very positive feedback was received from the UCD community with a 96% overall user satisfaction rating and 92% of survey respondents reporting they are satisfied the new system will improve current shortfalls experienced.
Go-Live Preparation
We are now confident with continued successful progress of the programme that we will go-live on July 8 2025.
Over the next six weeks running up to go-Live, the FinPOST programme team will provide regular updates, communications and support to you. Please stay connected to understand what this means for you and what you can do to make this transition as smooth as possible over the coming months. Ahead of Go Live on the 8th July there will be a period of transition or cutover from our legacy ERP systems to Workday. Cutover will include tasks such as deadlines for entering information into legacy systems, deadlines for submitting expenses and purchase orders as well as deadlines for replacing legacy systems with Workday.
Please note: Finance Systems will be unavailable from Tuesday 01 July to Monday 07 July. To understand more about what this means for you we have prepared a detailed cutover guide.
Training
Further details coming soon.