October 2026

Proactively Navigating Headwinds 

The President and University leadership have made the decision to pause the Phase 4 PEAK project to examine what is working well and what can be improved. 

Pausing Some of the Phase 4 PEAK Work - Continuous Improvement

The PEAK initiative has been one of our largest recent system initiatives, moving specific human resources and finance activities to the shared services teams and the Talent Acquisition Center of Expertise. Our teams, in partnership with all of you, have had important learnings during the course of the implementation and will pause the Phase 4 PEAK implementation work to incorporate those learnings. 

This pause is the product of ongoing deep listening across our community. We have a desire to learn more about what has worked well in the PEAK process and what areas need to be improved prior to all units going-live. 

A few of the Phase 4 units with unique, pressing needs have asked to continue with the original Phase 4 service transition date of November 30. This tailored approach allows us to continue to improve our current shared service offerings while transitioning this smaller group of units to the new service model. 

During this time we will continue to evaluate service offerings including incorporating and assessing what we have learned to ensure a thoughtful rollout. 

  • Some of this work has already begun with the TeamDynamix (TDX) assessment project. A deeper analysis with broad community input will be initiated as well. In addition, the broad sharing of best practices from prior units and the shared services teams will be incorporated into the pause and communicated with teams. 

 

What This Means for Your Unit

For Phases 1-3 units, there will be no immediate change. We will continue to work closely with you and your teams on the following services:

Finance Requests:

  • Order goods and services
  • Pay for goods and services
  • Reconcile PCard purchases
  • Bill outside the U
  • Accounting
  • Payroll accounting
     

Human Resources:

  • Post a position
  • Hire an employee
  • Employment changes
  • End appointments
  • Reclassify a position
  • Manage persons of interest
  • Background check requests