* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember McCray
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Workday Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation
For the purpose of inviting the Director of the Department of Human Resources, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Director of the Baltimore City Office of Information & Technology, and other interested parties to appear before the Baltimore City Council to discuss: the development and implementation process of the Workday Enterprise System; what focus groups or other workgroups were created to identify potential problems during the development process; what offline performance tests were conducted to identify potential gaps in service delivery capabilities; and what corrective processes have been put in place to remedy the countless problems that the city has faced during this implementation process.
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Whereas, Baltimore’s vision for Workday was to implement the modern Workday Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool that would manage, automate, and connect key processes within the City’s complex network of agencies, services, and people, by saving valuable time and money;
Whereas, the former employee timekeeping practice that included punching time clocks or submitting paper time sheets was deemed less efficient. To be sure, several similarly-sized jurisdictions to Baltimore have already made the transition to cloud-based software applications, such as Workday;
Whereas, despite soaring expectatio...
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