Implementation Readiness Team

Purpose

Ensure that all members of the Northwestern community who are impacted by the new systems are consulted, informed, trained, and prepared to successfully use the new systems.

Goals

  • Assist all affected units to anticipate and prepare for change in workflow, policy, and business processes
  • Identify new responsibilities associated with new and changed business processes
  • Assist the units in socializing new terminology, distributing communications, identifying end user hardware requirements, security, and training needs

Composition

  • Project Café Readiness Liaisons: individuals from our Training, Security, Communications, Data Conversion, and Quality Assurance teams
  • Process Owners Team: team created for each functional area within Project Café
  • Local Readiness Team Leads (LRTLs): representatives from schools, departments, and administrative units within the University

Each of these groups has specific responsibilities related to helping to manage the transition to the new systems. The Project Café Readiness Liaisons will work in conjunction with the Process Owners to help formulate plans, checklists, and communications that will be distributed by the LRTLs to their constituencies.  Regular LRTL meetings occur monthly, with special topic meetings for limited audiences occurring at varying intervals.

 

Project Café Security Request Form PDF icon (Note: this is not the InfoEd/Cognos Security Access Request Form)