Key Messages for the Week of 10/22/2012

• The Enterprise System Upgrade Program (ESUP) Kickoff drew more than 300 participants (in person, via ITV, and online) on Tuesday afternoon. 
• A number of online resources are available if you missed the kickoff or would like to share more information with others in your organization.
• ESUP Kickoff Session 1: Overview 
• Download PDF of Session 1 presentation
• Watch Session 1 (with slides) online
• Download Session 1 video (with slides)
• ESUP Kickoff Session 2: Deeper Dive
• Download PDF of Session 2 presentation
• Watch Session 2 (with slides) online
• Download Session 2 video (with slides)
• Reminder: If you attended the Kickoff in person or online and have not turned in an evaluation, please take a moment to complete our brief online survey.

• As part of the kickoff agenda, program directors Andy Hill and Rebecca Collings introduced the project leaders from the University of Minnesota (UMN) and CedarCrestone (CCI).
• The organizational chart they shared can be found online on the Management page of the ESUP blog at upgrade.umn.edu.
• Please be sure to introduce yourselves to the ESUP project directors when you see them!

• The Student and HRMS work streams began hosting ESUP Personal Information Sessions last Wednesday, Oct. 17.
• These biographic/demographic (or bio/demo) sessions address shared data and processes pertaining to personal information in the enterprise systems, e.g., name, birthdate, addresses, etc.
• Project directors from Student and HRMS reported strong interest and attendance and productive discussions. 
• Feedback from attendees has been positive, as well.

• The ESUP blog at upgrade.umn.edu will continue to expand and will be a primary communication tool with the broader University community; an internal project management web site will be launched in the next few weeks.