Product guide

For PIs & Lab Managers

PositionScale Alpha streamlines high-friction research operations and makes lab health visible — helping you spend less time on admin and more time on research.

Modules you’ll use

Four modules that cover day-to-day lab administration, training structure, and project execution.

Lab Management

What it is: The place to create labs and manage membership.

How you use it: Create a lab, add/remove members, and keep your roster current as people rotate in and out.

Outcome: Cleaner access and fewer onboarding/offboarding surprises.

Growth Planner

What it is: A structured system for annual goals, progress reports, and trainee development.

How you use it: Align students with goals, review progress at set checkpoints, and document development so training stays intentional.

Outcome: Better supervision and clearer readiness for the “real world.”

Project Hub

What it is: A lightweight project tracker with shared documentation.

How you use it: Create projects, keep key documents attached to the project, and give your team a single source of truth.

Outcome: Fewer lost files and smoother collaboration across trainees and staff.

Lab Pulse

What it is: Micro-surveys that help you understand sentiment and burnout risk over time.

How you use it: Send short pulses to your team and track trends so you can intervene earlier and adjust workload or support.

Outcome: A healthier lab environment with fewer “silent failures.”

Typical workflow

A simple cadence that keeps training, projects, and lab health visible.

Setup Lab Management

Create the lab and keep membership current.

Plan Growth Planner

Align annual goals, checkpoints, and progress reports.

Execute Project Hub

Run projects with shared docs and a single source of truth.

Pulse Lab Pulse

Track sentiment and burnout risk through micro-surveys.

Improve Trends + Progress

Turn signals into better 1:1s, workload adjustments, and mentoring.

PositionScale Alpha is an operating cadence: structure the lab, plan development, execute with shared context, measure sentiment, then improve through action. Over time, the loop reduces surprises and strengthens the training environment.

What you do

  • Set goals and checkpoints
  • Keep projects and docs organized
  • Send pulses and review trends

What you get

  • Clearer training expectations
  • Fewer dropped handoffs
  • Earlier burnout/culture signals

Common questions

Short answers to the questions labs ask during rollout.

Who can create labs and manage members?
Lab membership is managed through Lab Management. Institutions can define who is allowed to create labs and add/remove members.
How is Lab Pulse handled?
Lab Pulse is designed for trend visibility, not surveillance. Institutions can configure how results are viewed and shared to protect respondents.
Where do project documents live?
Project Hub keeps documents attached to the project so context isn’t lost across rotations and handoffs.
How does Growth Planner improve training?
By making goals and progress reporting explicit, Growth Planner reduces ambiguity and keeps development aligned to real-world readiness.

Want to see it in your context?

We’ll map workflows to your lab and your institution’s requirements.