What’s Happening

Feb 23, 2017

What’s Important for Compliance? Compliance Requirements Focus Group Results

In January, the eRA Requirements Team held a focus group geared solely towards compliance.  Twelve compliance professionals from NC State participated in the session. This included: eight members of Central…

Jan 26, 2017

eRA Project Calendar: It’s For YOU!

Contributed by: Jessica Burnette and Kim Dick  Did you know there is a calendar dedicated to eRA Project events? The Project Teams have created a calendar to help you find…

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 23, 2016

Between Two Directors: An eRA Focused Interview

Contributed by: Jessica Burnette, Sherrie Settle, Justo Torres Justo Torres (JT), Director of Contracts and Grants, and Sherrie Settle (SS), Director of Sponsored Programs, are both members of the eRA…

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 28, 2016

ICYMI: eRA Panel at the Joint Committees Meeting

ICYMI, or “In Case You Missed It,” is a common acronym used in the blogging world to signify a recap of an event, story, etc. Watch for this acronym in future…

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…

Sep 23, 2016

Communication is Coming!

Can you believe it has been almost two months since we kicked off the eRA project? Since then, the Steering and Communication Teams have been quite busy! This post will…