Management
Management
This section shares proven practices and promising new approaches to managing individual projects and research programs as a whole. Relevant documents and work products you will find here include:
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Encumbrance / Expenditure Management – How do you ensure you expend allocated funds within the time allowed?
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Project and Program Databases – What databases, off-the-shelf or custom-developed, you are using to manage your projects and programs.
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Project and Program Management Tools – Templates, samples, and best practices the research community can draw on for their own projects and programs (e.g., progress reporting, status reporting, project tracking).
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Research Facilities – What transportation research facilities exist to conduct research?
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Research Portfolio Management – How do you manage your portfolio of projects to ensure they are on track, not duplicating effort, working together, and maximizing your research budget?
More Links:
- Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age
- Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research: What’s been Learned? What’s been Done?
- Funding Sources for Transportation Research: Competitive Programs
- On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research
- TRB Research Innovation Implementation Management (RIIM) Committee