This project focuses on improving workflow at the National Science Foundation. The process used to review submitted proposals currently has multiple opportunities for enhancement. Through the methods of interviewing and observation we identified tasks in the process that could be more easily done. We worked to automate these tasks through the use of Microsoft software, specifically Microsoft SharePoint and InfoPath 2007. These products allowed us to make improvements in the review process, specifically the part that deals with the set up of panels. We were able to automate certain tasks and centralize most essential data in one repository. At the end of this project we presented the National Science Foundation with a working system that made the management of panels easier.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ziavras, Evan Nickolas
• Gomez Rodriguez, Wilmann Daniel
• Davila, Ignacio Jose
• Davis, Nicole Sade

Subject

• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-011212-184714

Keyword

• Human-computer interaction
• Organizational effectiveness
• Automation

Advisor

• Rosenstock, Joshua
• Orr, John A.

Year

• 2012

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• National Science Foundation

Date created

• 2012-01-12

Location

• Washington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright