Kristina Kelpe

The most common Workday integration problems don't start with code. They start with missing conversations, mismatched data definitions, and a target system that was never updated for how Workday works. Here's what to change before anyone starts building.

The vendor timeline covers milestones and deliverables, but there's a whole layer of work it doesn't account for. It's the work that connects system decisions to campus impact, and when it goes unaddressed, teams feel the consequences long after go live.

When an implementation partner finishes testing, they've confirmed that the system was configured the way you asked. What they haven't confirmed is whether your institution can actually operate inside it on day one, and that's a very different question.