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NA3 Overview and Execution plan Christos Aposkitis Training manager, GRNET

NA3 Overview and Execution plan Christos Aposkitis Training manager, GRNET. EGEE-SEE regional kick-off, April 7-8 th , 2004. EGEE is a project funded by the European Union. Objectives of this session. Understand NA3 organisation Overview of the execution plan

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NA3 Overview and Execution plan Christos Aposkitis Training manager, GRNET

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  1. NA3 Overview and Execution planChristos AposkitisTraining manager, GRNET EGEE-SEE regional kick-off, April 7-8th, 2004 EGEE is a project funded by the European Union

  2. Objectives of this session • Understand NA3 organisation • Overview of the execution plan • Identify missing inputs and action points Athens, 7-8th April - 2

  3. Outline • NA3 Overview • High-level NA3 organisation and activities • Execution plan • NA3 SEE task overview • Deliverables and milestones • Organisation • Overall • Country-specific • Courses projection • WBS • TA effort estimate • Communication procedures • Action points Athens, 7-8th April - 3

  4. EGEE Regions Athens, 7-8th April - 4

  5. NA3 objectives • Producing a portfolio of training material and courses from introductory to advanced user material • Using this material to train a wide variety of users both internal to the EGEE consortium and from the externaluser groups from across Europe who will make use of the infrastructure • Ensuring that EGEE Team Spirit is engendered early in the project’s lifetime Athens, 7-8th April - 5

  6. TA requirement for courses (Internal EGEE) Athens, 7-8th April - 6

  7. Training of trainers (internal) • … to a level deeper than that at which they train. • Training places demands on other activities, before the training burden can be lifted from them! • Trainers are early users. Effort Developers Trainers Time Athens, 7-8th April - 7

  8. Initial planning (internal) • The initial training material for external courses, including tutorials and practical classes will be developed and managed by NeSC (UEDIN) with input from other EGEE teams • Initial team focus: EGEE internal induction course • First run 26-28 April at NeSC (for EGEE trainers and participants) • Draft modules onto Web during May • Second run 18-20 May at CERN (for EGEE trainers and participants) • Produce course in June: available as modules, as configurable days, as well as two-day course envisaged by Technical Annex AP: Identify participants (1 per country) Athens, 7-8th April - 8

  9. Internal induction course: targets • Induction course will include: • Grids and their application • EGEE Project – context, history, goals, structure • EGEE Grid – current middleware, future technology • EGEE Project procedures – management, admin, website, where to find standards Athens, 7-8th April - 9

  10. Internal induction course: outline • Resources available include: • 2 day EDG tutorial • GENIUS portal • Demonstrations • Tutorial material tested & available by end May: • ~1 day on EGEE structure, procedures, goals, context, introduction to Grids, applications & technologies • Released to EGEE Intranet in May (drafts earlier) • ~1 day on demonstrations, practicals with both GENIUS and command-line interfaces • Suited to new recruits especially; usable for external induction later. • Modular, configurable resources will be on EGEE Intranet • Trainers across EGEE will be mobilised to deliver these Athens, 7-8th April - 10

  11. Training material (external) • Introductory tutorials on necessary background (OGSI/GT3/etc.) • Introductory tutorials on EGEE specifics • Application development tutorials for end-users • Hands-on tutorials regarding EGEE services use Athens, 7-8th April - 11

  12. NA3 execution plan: overview • Execution plan • Main part – overall organisation, responsibilities, procedures, task breakdown etc. Core is provided • Detailed planning – detailing per country task breakdown, staffing, planning, organisation etc. TBD per country. Athens, 7-8th April - 12

  13. Deliverables Athens, 7-8th April - 13

  14. Milestones Athens, 7-8th April - 14

  15. SEE partners AP: Confirm FTEs Athens, 7-8th April - 15

  16. Training organization Athens, 7-8th April - 16

  17. Training organization • GRNET will be coordinating the NA3 effort in the SA region, with the input from all partners. This includes coordinating partners’ input to deliverables + overall coordination of the course planning and delivery in the region; with the strong participation from TAU and ICI. • The training manager role on the regional level: GRNET. • Country regional training managers in Romania (ICI), Israel (TAU) and Greece (GRNET). • Support training managers in Cyprus and Bulgaria help the training activities. Athens, 7-8th April - 17

  18. NA3 key individuals AP: Confirm Key Personnel Athens, 7-8th April - 18

  19. Identification of personnel & roles AP: Identify ALL personnel and roles for ALL countries Athens, 7-8th April - 19

  20. Courses for external users per country AP: Identify courses planned per country (including costs) Athens, 7-8th April - 20

  21. PBS Athens, 7-8th April - 21

  22. WBS • The initial work breakdown structure: • Deliverable tasks • Infrastructure setup and course delivery throughout the lifetime of the project • The actual training is a bursty activity • Setup of User Interface (UI) at training locations – support from local partners • Translations (continuous) • Training testbed – open issue (currently taken up by UEDIN) Athens, 7-8th April - 22

  23. Activity plan (example) AP: Finalize activity plan Athens, 7-8th April - 23

  24. Activity plan (example) Athens, 7-8th April - 24

  25. Effort • Effort needs to be identified • Real PMs/partner needed • Real people needed Athens, 7-8th April - 25

  26. TA effort estimate: PMs AP: Finalize FTEs and PMs Athens, 7-8th April - 26

  27. Detailed names Athens, 7-8th April - 27

  28. Communications procedures • egee-see-na3@grnet.gr TBC • project-egee-na3@cern.ch TBC • CERN Document Server (CDS): http://agenda.cern.ch/displayLevel.php?fid=41 • EDMS server (In OTHERS/EGEE/) https://edms.cern.ch • Main sitehttp://egee-intranet.web.cern.ch/egee-intranet/gateway.html • Restricted members area http://egee-members.web.cern.ch/egee-members/index.html • CERN NICE/EDMS accounts: Marie-Laure.Bourgeois@cern.ch Athens, 7-8th April - 28

  29. Action points • AP: Confirm partners’ FTEs • Confirm Key Personnel • For ALL countries: • Identify ALL personnel (names!) and roles • Identify courses planned per country (including costs) • Finalize activity plan • But keep activities coarse-grained • Effort: • Real PMs/partner needed • Real people needed • Deadline execution plan draft: 15th April • In order to have a good estimate for Cork conference Athens, 7-8th April - 29

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