Sprinting Toward Faculty Engagement : Adopting Project Management Approaches to Build Library-Faculty Relationships
Lach, Pamella; Rosenblum, Brian ; 2017
In the spring of 2016, the University of Kansas Libraries piloted Research Sprints: One Week, One Project, a program aimed at cultivating relationships with faculty through deep project-based engagement. Three faculty members, matched with a team of library experts, worked intensively to complete a research or pedagogic project for one week in May. Critical to the program’s success was the use of project management methodologies and tools. These tools were essential to identifying task dependencies, developing workflows, and documenting work processes.