Project Board

The development phase of the PARMS project was overseen by a board of staff from across College.  The board was chaired by Lynne Cox, Director of the Research Office, who was the overall project owner.  The board was responsible for overall direction, governance, management and decision-making to ensure the project was meeting College requirements.

Worktribe Development

Following a comprehensive tendering process, Worktribe Ltd was selected as the preferred supplier.  A series of 'discovery sessions' were held to compare Worktribe's functionality with the College's requirements.  When the discovery sessions were concluded, a number of proposed deliverables were drawn up for additional system development by Worktribe.  The project included this additional development of Worktribe's standard product to provide extra benefits for users and to ensure useful functionality which currently exists within InfoEd is not lost in the new system.

This additional development was overseen by the Research Office’s Research Systems and Information Team, guided by an Advisory Group of expert users from Departments and Faculty Research Services to ensure the system met the needs of users. The development phase of the PARMS project was completed by Worktribe with full “sign off” from the Advisory Group. The group also provided their expertise to advise on the implementation of the system.