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Design Strategies for Enterprise Systems Management

Workday Enterprise and Solutions Team (WEST) governance recently approved design strategies to guide developing and implementing enterprise-wide system solutions. These strategies will aid teams in developing solutions in both administrative business processes and technical design.

The newly approved design strategies are:

  • Develop solutions that establish or maintain standardization in administrative business processes and technical designs.
  • Strive for solutions that do not add additional complexity into our business processes and technical systems. Simplify further when possible. Focus on the following:
    • Establish “Just enough complexity”
    • Maintain flexibility where it doesn’t increase complexity
    • Consider the complete end-to-end business process
    • Highlight where added complexity will drive additional cost and weigh against the potential benefit

Learn more about the WEST governance structure that utilizes these design strategies.