About WaveWorks

WaveWorks is our new cloud-based information technology platform. WaveWorks runs on Oracle Cloud, which replaced our previous, aging information systems for finance, budget & planning, and human resources, allowing us to adopt best practices in these areas and offering vastly better functionality than our current systems. Watch the video below to learn more about the initiative and the WaveWorks platform.

Guiding Principles

Utilize proven cloud vendor with software industry best-practice processes
Focus on essential business functions as a priority
Resource and staff appropriately throughout the project, from kickoff to post go-live
Intensive, regular communication
Implementation will be an iterative design process
Transparency and inclusion: end users should be aware and included in design, and change management efforts should be prominent
Simplification and standardization, favor "out-of-box" over customization
One system of record (single source of truth for our data)

Why did Tulane launch the WaveWorks platform?

Tulane's HR and finance operations relied on our legacy EBS on-premise system, which would have reached end-of-life in 2030
We replaced EBS with WaveWorks to enhance our daily work lives and ensure we are all better able to focus on our core institutional mission and strategic objectives
WaveWorks is providing many benefits:
- Better functionality
- Business transformation through best practice processes, capabilities, and tools
- Enhanced organizational efficiency
- Connected data in one unified platform