As many of you know, we’re currently upgrading from 2007 to 2013 (well, we will be if we ever get licensing issues resolved). Â Anyway in a casual conversation with a co-worker yesterday, she mentioned a need and ask if we could solve using SharePoint. Â Here’s the scenario:
The user is the Research Coordinator for the college. As such she creates many survey instruments in Survey Monkey.  The dilemma is the process by which individuals/departments request to have a survey created. or data from the surveys compiled  The coordinator gets requests directly or her VP gets the requests and many emails fly back and forth about what is needed, when it is needed, and for what purpose.
What she would like is a way for users to submit their requests for either a survey or survey data through SharePoint. (The surveys will remain in SurveyMonkey) Her VP would receive this and approve/reject. Â This would serve two purposes: 1) her VP would know what is requested and approve her use of time/effort/resources and 2) it would avoid duplication of data/resources for research that has already been done or is being done by other divisions/departments.
I am thinking a custom list with a simple OOTB approval should work for her purposes. Â
The larger picture is we’d like to create a calendar where we can track all upcoming accreditation, program review, self-study projects that will require data to be collated so that timing of needs is included in the process.
The question is how do we get the various departments/divisions to use this calendar so that all the information we need is readily available in one place?
Anyone have thoughts/ideas/recommendations to share?
