Timeline
Before 2007
October 2006 to August 2007: Effort, Effort System development and testing
October 2006 to September 2007: Effort, Policy and business process improvements
2007
January - May
Ongoing development
June
June to December 2007: ATS, Development and Testing
July
July 1, 2007: LAST, Implementation of Journal Entry Tool, Non-Salary Cash Transfers, and Capital Equipment System coding changes
July to January 2008: Grants Project, testing
July 2, 2007: APPO, Implementation of first POs in SFS
July 9, 2007: APPO, Begin paying invoices in SFS
July 16, 2007: APPO, Rollover of FY7 encumbrances to FY8 in SFS
August
Ongoing development
September
September-October 2007: Effort, System and policy/procedure training for effort coordinators
October
Ongoing development
November
November: Effort, Full rollout to all certifiers at Madison, Milwaukee, and Extension, with system and policy/procedure training
2008
First quarter: Program Release
2008: Grants Project, implementation
January
January: APPO, Collect data elements required by Grants Project
January to May 2008: ATS, pilot use of ATS
2008 Program Release date: LAST; Fringe Benefit Allocation, Editing Tool, APPO, and implement new external requisition generator
Post Program Release: LAST; Cash Receipts, Sales Tax, internal Revenue Transfers, Budget Load, Year End Closing processes
February
Program Release to go live February 8
The Shared Financial Services Executive Committee met December 11, 2007 and unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Joint Project Steering Committee to establish the 2008 Program Release cutover date of February 8, 2008.June
June to December 2008: ATS, full rollout to campus