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status report on knowledge management pilots

questions for the eRA Project Team Retreat

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refresher: KM definition

applicationsfunction

groupware, doc management, best practice DBsSharing

mediation, portals, KM suites, After Action ReviewsIntegration

measurement systems, bibio- or scientometricsInt. Capital

pattern recognition, concept mappingDevelopment

data mining, visualisation Discovery

search engines, intelligent agents , push technologyRetrieval

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km pilots

system requirements

functionalrequirements

performancerequirements

detaileddesign

build / testprototype

assessresults

modify(produce)

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Pilot #1: situational awareness

Pilot #2: reviewer selectionconceptual phase

Source: Management of Systems Engineering, Wilton P. Chase

collexis

semio

stratify

inxight

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document analysis

-- OR OR --

View the context in which the concept arises:

View the entire source document:

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mediation

Taxonomy Drill Down Path:Root Category > CRISP Abstract > Diseases > Immunologic Diseases > Autoimmune DiseasesTaxonomy Drill Down Path:Root Category > CRISP Abstract > Diseases > Immunologic Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases

Taxonomy Content

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fingerprints: concept-based search

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conceptual tuning

Fingerprints are generated; may also be

customized

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conceptual relationship management

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for the retreat

What is the price point?

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what is the “price point” ?

• offer and train in KM• vendor

• invest and measure• NIH leadership

• broad implementation• eRA leadership

• switch to KM apps• end-user

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homework for the eRA retreat

• necessary conditions?• officer in grants admin

• necessary conditions?• officer in CSRA

• necessary conditions?• extramural PO

• necessary conditions?• analyst in OD

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to start the discussion

• Referral Guidelines incorporated• Assistance in making assignments

• Quickly Make Sense of New Material• Contribute better to committees

Expected Benefits(speed, quality)

• Assign applications to ICs, IRGs and Study Sections• Assign applications to reviewers

• Serve on Trans-NIH (and Trans-HHS) committees• Deal with material outside of own area of expertise

Tasks Transformed

• Referral Officers in CSR• SRAs in CSR and in ICs

• Program officers• NIH Executives on committees and studies

Roles/People Enabled

Pilot 2(Fingerprints)

Pilot 1(Mediation)

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