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Board committee flags high risk and 1,300 companion projects as NextGen (Workday Student) planning advances
Summary
Internal audit and project leaders told trustees the Workday Student project carries a high risk rating while dozens of related initiatives and roughly 1,300 “companion projects” must be sequenced; staff recommended a roadmap, added program and OCM capacity, and pilot configurations.
Internal auditors, project leaders and trustees spent substantial time March 20 reviewing risk, staffing and sequencing for the Minnesota State NextGen Workday Student implementation.
Mike Cullen and system staff described the audit team’s current assessment: an overall “high” risk rating because Workday Student overlaps numerous other projects and vendor integrations, requires new staffing and organizational change management (OCM), and will demand complex sequencing of companion systems.
Staff reported more than 1,300 companion projects — campus or third‑party systems, forms or processes that feed Workday data or consume it — and urged trustees to approve a clear roadmap and prioritized sequencing. Vice chancellor…
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