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MACC-II Consortium Management. Reading, March 2012. An experienced management structure and team. Management at sub-project level. The consortium management team @ECMWF Co-ordinator Project Officer: Stefan Eberle Project Manager: Richard Engelen
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MACC-IIConsortium Management Reading, March 2012
An experienced management structure and team Management at sub-project level The consortium management team @ECMWF Co-ordinator Project Officer: Stefan Eberle Project Manager: Richard Engelen Communication Officer: Project Assistant: Rebecca Calnan + Adrian (adviser)
Reporting periods, Management Board and meetings • Reporting periods • Kick-off: November 2011 • Interim review : May 2012 • Period 1 (13 months) : till Dec. 2012 • Interim review: May/June 2013 • Period 2 (20 months) : till July 2014 • Meetings • Dedicated and sub-project meetings as needed • Kick-off Assembly: Reading, Feb.-March 2012 • Assembly #2: November 2012 • Assembly #3: November 2013 • Final Assembly: July 2014 • At least one of these assemblies will be an open conference
Management Board and Advisory Board • Management Board • Composed of all sub-project leaders (proposed for approval by BC today) and of the president of the Beneficiary’s Committee (to be elected today) • Large group (15+1), but long-standing experience of working together • Meets at least two times per reporting period • Telecons every month or more frequently, as needed • Minutes available to all (restricted part of website) • Advisory Board • Len Barrie (Cyprus Institute) • Guy Brasseur (Climate Service Centre, Germany) • David Edwards (NCAR, USA) • Tim Haigh / AnkeLükewille (EEA, Denmark) • LiisaJalkanen (WMO, Switzerland) • Brian Kerridge (RAL, United-Kingdom) • Paolo Laj (LGGE, France) • Rose Munro (EUMETSAT, Germany) • + DG-ENV representative (principle approved by Nicholas Banfield) + Adrian
Some additional thoughts on… • Management • Communication • User interaction
Management • More formal service evolution management, specially for the global components (EMI/FIR, VAL/OBS, GHG/GRG/AER, GDA) • Headline skill scores • Tools: • - Tracking • Deliverables • on MACC (internal) • webpages • Templates for • project documents • …
Communication • Communication Officer, 6-monthly newsletter, press releases… • Webpage with faster/easier access to products, more homogeneous product pages… • Iphone or Android app (beyond obsAIRve), tweeter • Communication strategy vs raising expectations and resources to respond • Specific targets: DG-ENV…
User interaction • More resources for user support • The “GMES dilemna”: how far should MACC reach out to end users, or leave room for downstream and/or commercial uptake? Should we provide statistically adapted AQ outputs for instance? • Quality insurance, ISO certification…
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