Key Milestones

Project Initiation & Planning Phase (COMPLETE except for Revised Project Charter Sign-off)

  • 7/31/20 – Initial Project Charter
  • 8/31/20 – High Level Project Plan / Schedule
  • 12/9/20 – Formal Project Kick-off
  • 2/12/21 – Detailed Level Project Plan / Schedule
  • 2/15/21 – Initial Stakeholder Communication Plan
  • 3/15/21 – Change Management Strategy / Road Map Planning
  • 9/30/21 – Project Charter Sponsor Sign-off (Revised Version 3.0)

Data Collection Phase (IN PROGRESS)

  • 10/31/21 – Determination of costs to operate each UWM building
  • 2/28/22 – Assessment of Current Use and Allocation of Space
  • 8/31/23 – Identification of Future Space Needs
  • 8/31/23 – Assessment of current conditions of each UWM building

Data Analysis Phase (NOT YET STARTED)

  • Planned Start Oct/Nov 2021 – Alignment of Space Optimization Project with UWM’s strategic plans (including 2030 planning)
  • Planned Start April/May 2022 – Gap Analysis of Current Space Use compared to Future Space Needs

Implementation Phase (NOT YET STARTED)

  • TBD – Recommendations to address the gap between Current Space Use and Future Space Needs
  • TBD – Recommendations for funding plan to right-size and improve campus space to meet current UWM’s current and future needs
  • TBD – Implementation Approach, Options & Timeline for approved recommendations to address the gap between Current Space Use and Future Space Needs

Process Improvement & Continuation (ONGOING)

  • TBD – Identification of campus space procedures, forms, processes that need to be updated to maintain a long- term ability to respond to future space needs and assessments
  • TBD – Assessment of Space Data management tools needed to enable long term space analysis and adjustments