Requirements

Aug 3, 2017

Steering Team Joins Faculty Senate to Talk eRA Project

Contributed by: Jessica Burnette and Jalisa Melton Earlier this year, seven members of the eRA Steering Team joined a bi-monthly Faculty Senate meeting to talk eRA. The Faculty Senate is…

Jun 2, 2017

eRA RFP Executive Summary

Contributed by Matt Simpson and Jessica Burnette On April 4, 2017, the NC State Purchasing Department published the official RFP for the new Electronic Research Administration (eRA) system that will…

Apr 3, 2017

What eRA Requirements Would Training SMEs Like to See? Training Perspectives on the New System

Contributed by Matt Simpson In February, the eRA requirements team held two more focus groups, wrapping up the data collection phase of the requirements gathering process. On February 6, six…

Mar 13, 2017

What eRA Requirements are Important from a Business Perspective? Business Operations SMEs describe their Ideal System

Contributed by Matt Simpson In the first month of the new year, the eRA Requirements team continued its effort to determine the needs and desires of various groups on campus…

Jan 12, 2017

What’s Important to the Researcher? PI Focus Groups Help us Understand eRA System Requirements

Contributed by: Genevieve Garland and Marley Thrasher In December, the eRA Requirements Team held four two-hour focus groups with Principal Investigators (PIs) at NC State. Forty-seven PIs from ten colleges…

Dec 7, 2016

How Superheroes Can Help Us Understand eRA System Requirements

Contributed by Jessica Burnette, Marley Thrasher, and Gwen Hazlehurst “At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a…

Nov 17, 2016

You’re Speaking a Foreign Language to Me! Deciphering eRA Terminology

Contributed by Helen Burgess, Jessica Burnette, Gwen Hazlehurst, Brian Thomas, Marley Thrasher We’re a few months into our large-scale eRA project and have been throwing around some terminology those of…

Oct 13, 2016

The Process of Process Mapping: A Brief Overview

In the coming weeks, you’ll start hearing quite a bit about process mapping. What is it? And why is it so important to our requirements definition process? As you learned…

Oct 6, 2016

Revving Up The Requirements Team

The Requirements Team is comprised of representatives from each corner of campus. Over 40 members have been recruited and currently contribute to the team. This functional implementation team is tasked…