Engagement Evaluation

The Engagement Evaluation is an informal survey/assessment, designed to be used after meetings or engagements with users, but not necessarily after each engagement. There are two pieces to the evaluation below:

general information, which could mostly be provided by the facilitator
a series of interview questions, which could be administered to the researcher in person or via a survey tool

Depending on the goal of this evaluation, these pieces can be mixed and matched in order to:

track specific users and/or projects in a standardized manner
obtain feedback on facilitation interactions in order to adjust and improve future interaction
understand the impact of ACI-REF interactions

Engagement Information

Name/UserID
Dept
PI/group
Facilitator
Date (range) of Interaction
Reason for contact
1. __ Help with grant proposal
2. __ Help via ticketing system (for items not listed here)
3. __ Have ACI-REF speak at lab/group meeting (or research gathering)
4. __ Discuss Sstorage options
5. __ Discuss compute options
6. __ Use an high-performance or high-throughput system (cluster)
7. __ Use one or more software packages
8. __ Install software
9. __ Scale a functioning program to HPC/HTC
10. __ Optimize/troubleshoot a workflow
11. __ Develop or adopt a workflow
12. __ Other _________________________
Rate engagement (1-5 scale)

Engagement Interview

Give a 3 sentence description of your research

Describe how ACI resources are a critical component of your research

What progress have you made?

What roadblocks have you had?

Describe what would or would not have been possible without the help of an ACI-REF (e.g. save XX amount of time, started a new line of research, etc).:

Please list any publications that were accelerated or improved from the help of an ACI-REF:

Did you use the skills & expertise you gained from the ACI-REF to assist or train others?

Other grad students? ____ Yes ____ No
Other post-docs? ____ Yes ____ No
Other faculty? ____ Yes ____ No

Any suggestions for how we can improve our interactions/(relationship)/collaboration?