A me hodological app oach o modelling ca ee
p og ession assessmen : owa d compa a i e analysis and
se ice design
Fab izio Peco a o 1[0000-0001-5718-4240]
1 Ins i u e o Resea ch on Popula ion and Social Policies, Na ional Resea ch Council, Rome
00185, I aly
Abs ac . This wo k p esen s a UML-based me hodology o model esea ch
assessmen p ocesses o ca ee p og ession. By o malizing ac o -sys em
in e ac ions, i enables compa ison ac oss ins i u ions and highligh s gaps in
da a collec ion and e alua ion p ac ices. The app oach suppo s he design o
digi al se ices and con ibu es o mo e anspa en , e icien , and compa able
assessmen sys ems aligned wi h esponsible esea ch e alua ion p inciples.
Con e ence Themes: T anspa ency and Inclusi i y o Assessmen P ocesses
Keywo ds: Resea ch assessmen , Ca ee p og ession, UML modelling,
Ins i u ional compa ison, Digi al esea ch in as uc u e.
1 Objec i e and Con ex
This con ibu ion p oposes a me hodological amewo k o model he in e nal
esea ch assessmen p ocess o ca ee p og ession, wi h he goal o enabling
compa a i e analysis ac oss ins i u ions and suppo ing he design o digi al se ices
o da a collec ion and p ocessing. The wo k is based on he case s udy o he I alian
Na ional Resea ch Council (CNR), de eloped wi hin he con ex o a na ional pilo
p ojec (WP5), and ocuses on he indi idual e alua ion p ocess igge ed by a public
compe i ion no ice.
2 Me hodology
The me hodology adop s Uni ied Modelling Language (UML) as a o malism o
desc ibe bo h he s uc u al and dynamic dimensions o he p ocess: i combines use
case, ac i i y, and sequence diag ams, o map in e ac ions be ween ac o s (e.g.,
applican s, e alua o s, ins i u ional uni s) and sys ems (e.g., ins i u ional eposi o ies,
applica ion pla o ms, ex e nal da a sou ces). I p o ides a concep ual amewo k o
iden i y he da a poin s, esponsibili ies, and decision ules embedded in ins i u ional
p ocedu es. Such o maliza ion is essen ial o ins i u ions seeking o analyze hei
own p ocedu es, compa e hem wi h o he p ac ices, and e alua e alignmen wi h
eme ging p inciples o esponsible esea ch assessmen .
2 Fab izio Peco a o
3 Findings and Implica ions
In pa icula , he model e eals whe e ins i u ional sys ems suppo s uc u ed da a
(e.g., eposi o ies o esea ch p oduc s) and whe e gaps emain (e.g., uns uc u ed
na a i es, manual en y o esponsibili ies, lack o in e aces o ac i i y epo ing)
and can help in he de elopmen o in o ma ion sys ems ha can be e suppo
applican s and e alua o s, imp o e p ocess e iciency, and ensu e anspa ency and
aceabili y o assessmen c i e ia and ou comes.
By applying his me hodology ac oss ins i u ions, i becomes possible o compa e
how di e en esea ch o ganiza ions de ine eligibili y, s uc u e applica ions, assign
e alua ion c i e ia, and manage in e ac ions be ween people and pla o ms. This, in
u n, suppo s e idence-based policy making, os e s in e ope abili y o esea ch
in o ma ion sys ems, and con ibu es o a sha ed unde s anding o ai and e ec i e
e alua ion p ac ices.
Disclosu e o In e es s. The au ho has no compe ing in e es s o decla e ha a e ele an o
he con en o his a icle.
