This includes the human resources project--formerly ADAPT part two. The office is testing those systems, with the help of end-users from various schools.
"We learned during the financial implementation that it's not very efficient to have the team building the new systems sit in a different organization than the team supporting the legacy systems--and who will support the new systems once they 'go live,'" Sara E. Oseasohn '74, the head of what was Project ADAPT, writes in an e-mail message.
Oseasohn says that this second phase has "the advantage of many lessons learned." The HR project is utilizing a "Design Working Group" comprised of system users from various parts of Harvard.
"These folks have been spending a half day a week working with us to define Harvard's needs," Oseasohn says.
Lauren Baccus, the HR director at the Graduate School of Design, says the University has kept her office abreast of and involved with the project.
The Final Say
When Harvard purchased administrative systems from Oracle, human resources were part of the deal.
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