September 25th Release Highlight - Segment Research Team
As part of the September release scheduled for the 25th, elements of the segment research team and confirming the research team screens are being redesigned. The changes being implemented are the result of input provided by a University wide committee formed to investigate practices related to the entry and tracking of sponsor commitments and to make recommendations for improvement and standardization. In response to requests from the committee, the following enhancements to the segment research team screens have been made:
- Addition of the confirm research team button on the segment research team page
- Removal of the denominator of effort (calendar, academic, summer)
- All effort will be entered in person months going forward
- Ability to enter and view past, current, and future commitments
- Text on the segment research team screen that makes it clear if you are looking at a proposed research team or a confirmed research team
- Text on the segment research team screen that tells you who committed the research team and when
- Effort defaulting in at confirm research team from the proposal budget
- Easier editing and adding of segment level research team members
- Design to promote correctly add a TBD member to the team
- Ability to switch a TBD role to a person without having to delete and add
- Clarifying tool-tip on the edit research team member button to indicate that a member cannot be edited if there is a sponsor commitment, and to point the department person to the correct central administrator (the central administrator on the admin team)
- Changing “Sponsor commitment” language for clarity. It will instead be a yes or no question that reads “Sponsor approval required to change effort”