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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 blog posts to signify an update related to an eRA event you may have missed. This blog was written with contributions from: Jessica Burnette, Genevieve… 

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 in our last post, the Requirements Team has been busy during the last month, mapping current, common processes in research administration across campus. The team… 

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 with providing NC State requirements for the eRA system. This includes things we hope the system will do as well as things we NEED the system… 

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 provide more information on what the Communication Team has been up to lately. We first met on August 15th, and have continued to meet twice… 

Aug 2, 2016

Welcome to the eRA Website!

On August 2, we launched a website to ensure transparency about the eRA project and keep you informed about what’s going on. Here are some of the highlights of the site: Vision + Mission – the reason we’re doing this Project Teams – learn who’s who on the different project and implementation teams Timeline – keep…