Dear Colleagues,
At the last Oversight Committee meeting, GridPP was asked to document
the "Value added or Delivered by the Project". Although this seems like
another piece of make-work, presumably its value is that it can be
passed up the political food-chain and is an opportunity for us to
define our successes. Of course, being at the bottom of the food-chain,
it has landed on my desk or, more accurately, it appeared on the
GridPP14 Programme
( http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/gridpp14/programme.html ) with my name
attached as "Provocateur". So, in order to provoke, I have pre-prepared
(off the top of my head so to speak) a list of 22 possible key things
that we might document. They are available on the web linked from the
relevant item om the GridPP14 programme, or at:
http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/pmb/ProjectManagement/GridPPAchievements.htm
I think most members of GridPP will have an opinion about at least a few
items that they would like to appear in such a list. Please feel free to
contact me or to contribute during the GridPP14 session, if you feel
some key item is missing. For items that are there, the next step is the
wording (in most cases I have made a first attempt which you can see by
clicking on the relevant item in the list). Again, I will be happy to
receive comments and suggestions on the wording in advance or during the
session. The final step will be to add tertiary information that backs
up the higher level statements by referencing more specific items (such
as code delivered or roles held etc).
Regards, Dave.
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