BCATTS: Biostatistical Collaborations and Time Tracking System

Description

BCATTS: Biostatistical Collaborations and Time Tracking System

BCATTS is a project management and time tracking system developed by the Biostatistics Collaboration Center at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. The accompanying Excel file contains a REDCap data dictionary template that can be uploaded into a new REDCap project to create your own system.

BCATTS was originally developed for the BCC by Hannah Palac in consultation with Jody Ciolino and Leah Welty, and has been revised by Elizabeth Gray and David Aaby.

The data dictionary is divided into several forms. Some forms are survey-enabled, designed for external users to input information about the project. Other forms are for internal users of the group, containing information about project assignment and management.

1.      Appointment Request: This is a survey-enabled form, where an external user inputs information for a new project request.

2.      Project Assignment: This form assigns an internal member of the group to a particular project.

3.      Project Followup: This form is used internally to gather more information about the type of project request.

4.      Billing/Grant Proposal Followup: This is a survey-enabled form, requesting additional information about billing from a requestor.

5.      Hours: This is a repeatable instrument, used internally to log hours worked on each project.

6.      Project Closeout. This is used internally to denote the end of a project.