Detailed technical management structure Sample Clauses

Detailed technical management structure. The scientific strategic direction of the project will be set by the Project Director with the advice of the External Advisory committee and in agreement with the PEB. These plans will be presented and discussed twice a year at the General Project Conferences. The General Project Conferences will also host meetings of the External Advisory Committee. This committee will be composed of internationally recognized experts in the Grid field. They will advise the Project Director on the validity and relevance of the project plans in an international and worldwide Grid context. The Project Executive Board will hold on a quarterly basis (or more regularly if urgent issues arise) expanded meetings including other key technical project members and representatives of the major user communities. At these meetings the project deliverables and quarterly reports will be reviewed and approved before submission to the EU. The meetings will be assisted by a professional independent reviewer to be contracted by the Project Lead partner. The EU DataGrid, among other projects, has successfully used this approach, which has also been highly valued by the EU and the EU independent reviewers. Successful internal review of the project deliverables on a quarterly basis will be an indispensable condition for continued financial support of the participating partners. The consortium agreement will specify clear conditions by which responsibility and correspondent EU funding will be re-assigned to other partners in case of persistent failure to pass the internal review process. The Quality Assurance Head will be responsible for assuring that the agreed project quality criteria are applied to all aspects of the project. This person will lead a Quality Board composed of quality engineers from all of the project’s activities. This Board will meet monthly and interact on a daily basis by e-mail. Security is a major priority for the infrastructure. An overall Security Head will therefore be appointed from the partner responsible for this activity to propose, implement and monitor the project’s security architecture, and this person will be part of the Project Executive Board. The head of the dissemination, outreach and training activities will ensure that the activity of the partners responsible for, dissemination, education, training, consulting and outreach are progressing properly and are on track and in line with the overall project plans and progress. The head of the applications supp...