Discussion of use cases and implementation experience integrating with Workday

[Michael R Gettes <>]

Exactly!  Well said Scott.  These are not just technical issues to be 
resolved with each technical item in a vacuum.  In total, this amounts to 
business relationships for each institution and a larger relationship for 
Higher Education with its key vendor partners.  We have to collectively 
manage these interactions much smarter and recognize each interaction with 
these vendors is a building block to a larger goal and each interaction has 
to be properly considered and managed.

/mrg

> On Mar 11, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Cantor, Scott 
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>  wrote:
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>> Well, to put a fine point on it, I think given where things land right 
>> now, our
>> ability to change things is approaching zero.  Had recent events not
>> happened, we could have convinced Workday of the “InCommon way”
>> which would also have been a positive impact on other Workday related
>> efforts.  I disagree with the “low value” assessment in that it was never 
>> just
>> about the metadata.
> 
> I agree, I think it needs a larger engagement around a number of topics, 
> and one of the frustrating things is the success companies have with 
> compartmentalizing everything so that taken by themselves everything looks 
> insignificant.
> 
> -- Scott
>