Administracion De Empresas

University of Washington Roadmap for Information Management & Administrative Systems Current State Assessment and Trends/Best Practices Research Administration

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION Table of Contents
OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE ................................................................................................................. 1  FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS.......................................................................................................... 2  KEY BUSINESS PROCESSES.................................................................................................................. 3 
DETAILED BUSINESS PROCESSES .......................................................................................................................................... 5 CURRENT SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................. 6 
OIM-SUPPORTED CORE SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................................................ 6  OIM RESOURCES: CORE SYSTEMS....................................................................................................................................... 6  CENTRAL OFFICE-SUPPORTED SYSTEMS .............................................................................................................................. 6  CENTRAL OFFICE RESOURCES.............................................................................................................................................. 8  DEPARTMENTAL SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................................... 8 

CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ................................................................................................ 10  PROPOSED INITIATIVES.................................................................................................................... 10  WHAT’S WORKING, NOT WORKING WELL ....................................................................................... 11  RISKS ................................................................................................................................................. 19  TRENDS AND BEST PRACTICES......................................................................................................... 22 
EXTERNAL SPONSOR TRENDS ............................................................................................................................................. 22  TRENDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ...................................................................................................... 22 TRENDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................ 22  TRENDS IN THE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION VENDOR MARKETPLACE ............................................................................. 23 

APPENDICES...................................................................................................................................... 24 
TASK GROUP MEMBERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 

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12/12/2008 ResearchAdministration.docx

University of Washington Roadmap for Information Management & Administrative Systems Current State Assessment and Trends/Best PracticesResearch Administration

Overview and Purpose
An element of the 2007 UW Strategic Roadmap for Information Management and Administrative Systems is an assessment of the current administrative systems. To accomplish this, the administrative systems were organized into business areas. This document describes the scope of assessment for the Research Administration business area. This document...