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A Researchers’ Perspective
• Common CV
• CIHR Reforms
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The Genesis of the CCV (circa April 2004)
CCV was launched in July 2002 but this was the first web archive capture
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Nothing is New
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Nothing is New
8 members (increased to 17)
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The "Modern" CCVAlzheimer Soc
Canadian Council for ArtsCanadian Diabetes Assoc
CFICGSCIHR
Compute CanadaCRC
FRQSHeart & Stroke Fdn
IMHRMichael Smith Fdn HR
Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNew Brunswick HRF
NSERCNova Scotia HRF
OHTNOICR
Ont Mental Health FdnResearch ManitobaSt Josephs HamiltonSaskatchewan HRF
SSHRCU de SherbrookeVanier/Banting
Vancouver Coastal HRI
Dropped CCVArthritis Soc
Canadian Cancer SocGenome Canada
Lawson HRILung Assoc
26 members
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1. Reliability of site - downtime
2. Useability/Design - user experience
3. Members ever changing fields
4. Data import/maintenance
Core Problems
grant deadlines
downtimes
traffi
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Hosted by Shared Services Canada
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2 days before the last CIHR grant deadline
As an aside, due to internal institutional deadlines,This penalizes those who submitted on time
7:17pmOct 17
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Useability/Design
• More difficult issue as reflects core database structure
• Should not have to: navigate/field/enter/save/repeat• For sanity• For efficiency• For RSI
• Has had clear deleterious effect on collaborative science
• But, has probably created more jobs than any other piece of software….
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Data import/Maintenance
The core issue - fragmentation of requests by members (too involved in website design?)
This problem was recognized relatively early in the development of web standards (JPEG, MPEG, HTML, etc)
Agree on shared components for wide compatibility, agree on rules/syntax, allow programmers to implement
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Monopolistic TendenciesIf applicants are required to use a common process, make it easy to use and/or open it up for others to improve upon. Encourage compatible alternatives. Instead….
Captcha is implemented AFTER log in. Why? Why isn’t CCV open source or, at least, open to compatibility to outside developers.
Embrace ORCID!
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The CIHR Reforms
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Weren’t the reforms necessary due to application pressure and lack of funding?
http://www.acechr.ca
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But cancellation of two open competitions led to real crisis in applications
You Are Here
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Delayed Project
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Issues: inequality
Gender inequalityFunding inequality
Career inequality(Michael Hendricks)
https://medium.com/@MHendr1cks/the-impact-of-cihr-reforms-on-early-career-biomedical-scientists-in-canada-6aef2f14bb12#.2witwodj6
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Virtual Review
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Virtual Review
Scientists are human. They will look for shortcuts. They will review at the last minute (possibly naked).
They, like everyone else, need peer pressure.
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Ending Thoughts1. Critical to engage representative users of programs from the beginning and to maintain their engagement throughout and after roll out. Test widely and test changes as well (best intentions can lead to unanticipated conflicts).
2. Even if a process is designed to alleviate complexity, has broad support, and sounds like a fantastic idea, implementation is everything.
3. Trying to achieve all things for all people is a sure road to failure. This was a common feature of both the CCV and CIHR reforms. Too much crammed in, trying to please all but satisfying none.
4. If a feature cannot be easily integrated, don’t add it, work out how to make it seamless.
5. Time is money. Users time is 1000X designers time (users pay).
6. Ideological frameworks are easy to communicate but are no substitute for practical solutions. Admit errors, build empathy.
7. If you give people multiple paths to achieve the same goal, more of them reach the right destination.
8. Hide complexity: bury it (deep). The simpler something looks, the better it is often designed. LESS IS MORE!