Communications Module · Apple Orchard
Report as of · August 10, 2026

Apple Orchard — Communications Plan Status

A single Epic platform rollout across the health network, eliminating care gaps from disconnected legacy systems. The Communications module holds 86 line items generated from the project's Master Project Plan — Project, Training, and OCM milestone tracks fanned out across Email, Newsletter, Survey, and live-event channels, spanning Aug 2026 through Sep 2027.

Program Timeline — key milestones

Position = date across the Aug 2026 – Sep 2027 plan
Project tier (Milestone - Project) OCM tier (Milestone - OCM)
Today · Aug 10
Prepare Begins
Aug 15
Awareness Begins
Aug 15
Design Begins
Sep 15
Desire Begins
Oct 17
Go-Live
Jul 1, 2027
Reinforcement Ends
Sep 30, 2027
Prepare Begins (Project) — Aug 15, 2026
Awareness Begins (OCM) — Aug 15, 2026
Design Begins (Project) — Sep 15, 2026
Desire Begins (OCM) — Oct 17, 2026
Go-Live (Project) — Jul 1, 2027
Reinforcement Ends (OCM) — Sep 30, 2027
86
Total Communications
All currently "Not started" — the plan is built, not yet in motion
54 / 7 / 25
Async / Sync / NA
Engagement type mix — NA is the 25 milestone markers (Project/Training/OCM)
14
Channels In Use
Led by Email (30) and Newsletter (14)
13.7 mo
Plan Span
Aug 15, 2026 → Sep 30, 2027
Milestone Tracking25 items

Project · Training · OCM Markers

Milestone - Project (13) · Milestone - OCM (10) · Milestone - Training (2)
13
Project
10
OCM
2
Training

Start/End markers for every phase of the delivery timeline and the ADKAR-based change journey running alongside it (Awareness → Desire → Knowledge → Ability → Reinforcement). All Engagement Type = NA, per the fixed rule for this tier.

Next: Prepare Begins & Awareness Begins — both Aug 15.
Email Fan-Out38 items

Email · Executive Comms · Email - Training

Email (30) · Executive Comms (5) · Email - Training (3)
30
Email
5
Exec Comms
3
Training

The largest category by volume — a Heads-Up / Underway / Wrap-Up email trio around every Project and Training milestone, all Async. Executive Comms is reserved for Kickoff and Go-Live.

Next: Awareness & Prepare Heads-Up emails — both Aug 10.
Newsletter & Surveys16 items

Recurring & Pulse Channels

Newsletter (14) · Readiness Survey (1) · Survey (1)
14
Newsletter
2
Surveys

A monthly Newsletter cadence runs the full length of the program, independent of individual milestones. One Readiness Survey lands ahead of Go-Live; a general Survey follows Hypercare.

Next: August Newsletter — Aug 20.
Live Events7 items

Town Hall · Open House · Change Champions

All Hands Mtg (2) · Open House (2) · Coaching (1) · Meeting (1) · C-Suite & Sponsor Hall Meeting (1)
7
Sync events

Every Sync-tagged item in the plan sits in this category — Town Halls tied to Kickoff, Go-Live, and Hypercare close; Open Houses at major delivery transitions; Change Champion briefings (Coaching, Meeting) at the start of Desire and Ability.

Next: Town Hall – Kickoff — Aug 15.

What's Coming Up — through early November

21 communications planned between now and Nov 5, 2026, sorted by date
CommunicationChannelTypeDate
Awareness Email – Heads-UpEmailAsyncAug 10
Prepare Email – Heads-UpExecutive CommsAsyncAug 10
Awareness BeginsMilestone - OCMNAAug 15
Awareness Email – UnderwayEmailAsyncAug 15
Prepare BeginsMilestone - ProjectNAAug 15
Prepare Email – UnderwayExecutive CommsAsyncAug 15
Town Hall – KickoffAll Hands MtgSyncAug 15
Newsletter – Aug 2026NewsletterAsyncAug 20
Design (Explore) Email – Heads-UpEmailAsyncSep 12
Prepare Email – Wrap-UpExecutive CommsAsyncSep 14
Prepare EndsMilestone - ProjectNASep 14
Design (Explore) BeginsMilestone - ProjectNASep 15
Design (Explore) Email – UnderwayEmailAsyncSep 15
Newsletter – Sep 2026NewsletterAsyncSep 20
Desire Email – Heads-UpEmailAsyncOct 12
Change Champions Briefing – DesireCoachingSyncOct 17
Desire BeginsMilestone - OCMNAOct 17
Desire Email – UnderwayEmailAsyncOct 17
Newsletter – Oct 2026NewsletterAsyncOct 20
Awareness Email – Wrap-UpEmailAsyncOct 28
Awareness EndsMilestone - OCMNAOct 28
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Ready to run — Sender and distribution still need to be set

The full 86-item plan is built and none of it is overdue — the earliest items (Awareness & Prepare Heads-Up emails) go out today, Aug 10. Owner is assigned on all 86 records (Robert Smalls), but Sender is still blank, and none carry a Stakeholder Group distribution yet. The next pass sets the sender for outbound items and maps each communication to the Stakeholder Groups it should reach.