We appreciate your involvement in 
   today’s session.
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    We will use an issues “parking lot” 
    throughout our training.
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    Our purpose for bringing you 
    together this afternoon is to...
   Provide information about the Simplified 
      Administrative Services Project, focusing on MARS 
      Implementation
     Ensure that every agency is provided with tools to 
      help organize their communications strategies
     Provide a roadmap for getting information from the 
      central project team to you for distribution to 
      affected employees
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     Why are we focusing on MARS?
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                                                                     Preparation 
                                                      Agency          Preparation 
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                        Best Value Procurement        Roll-Out
         vv             Best Value Procurement        Activities
         ee                                           Activities
         LL      Warehouse  Optimization
                 Warehouse  Optimization                       MARS
                                           Testing             MARS
                          Configuration    Testing
                          Configuration 
                       Custom Development
                       Custom Development
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                                                January                                 January
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        1998                 1998                 1999                 1999
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               * Budget  * Accounting * Workflow  * Materials Mgmt. * Ad Hoc Reporting
                * Budget  * Accounting * Workflow  * Materials Mgmt. * Ad Hoc Reporting
                                               
      How will our afternoon be structured?
         We will focus on 3 activities critical to effective 
         communications planning.
                 Identifying            Conducting a         Creating and 
                 Administrative         Communications       Implementing a 
                 Services               Audit                Communications 
                 Stakeholders                                Plan
               Module                Module                Module 
               1                     2                     3
         We will consider these activities in the context of 
         Simplified Administrative Services, though you 
         may find them instructive for any significant 
         change initiative.
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