Common use of Work Packages Clause in Contracts

Work Packages. The project is composed of two Networking Work Packages (NA1 and NA2), two Service Work Packages (SA1 and SA2) and one Joint Research Work Packages (JRA1). NA1 - Administrative and Technical Management has the responsibility to put in place and run the project management, execution structure and the required decision and communication mechanisms. It provides administrative and technical management of the consortium of beneficiaries, supervises and guides the overall execution of the project program of work, defines and enforces the overall quality assurance procedures, maintains the relationships with the European Commission and other decision-making bodies and represents the project vision and mission in European and international initiatives. NA1 also works in close collaboration with NA2 on the dissemination tasks, making sure that EMI maintains a high profile, is well represented in key events and is reaching out to new collaborations. NA2 - Outreach and Collaborations is the Work Package focusing on the organization of dissemination and training events and is responsible for the overall management of collaboration programs with external entities, like EGI, PRACE, the standardization bodies, user communities and industrial companies and other FP7 and ESFRI projects. NA2 has the responsibility to create and promote the EMI brand either directly or in collaboration with other projects and to put in place mechanisms to ensure a continuous and efficient flow of information between EMI and the users (infrastructures and communities) and coordinate the project knowledge exploitation plans. SA1 - Maintenance and Support owns the EMI production releases and the associated transition and support procedures. It provides coordination of the EMI user support activities (expert 3rd-level support), and is responsible for the reactive maintenance (software defects fixes) of the EMI services and components. SA1 works closely with SA2 (Quality Assurance) to implement and execute the release configuration management process, the acceptance criteria validation process and the correct application of Service Level Agreements. SA1 contributes to the dissemination and training activities defined by NA2 by providing technical expertise, especially in the use of the project results by third-parties, such as users, system and service administrators, application developers and operating systems maintainers.

Work Packages. The project is composed of two Networking Work Packages (NA1 and NA2), two Service Work Packages (SA1 and SA2) and one Joint Research Work Packages (JRA1). NA1 - Administrative and Technical Management has the responsibility to put in place and run the project management, execution structure and the required decision and communication mechanisms. It provides administrative and technical management of the consortium of beneficiaries, supervises and guides the overall execution of the project program of work, defines and enforces the overall quality assurance procedures, maintains the relationships with the European Commission and other decision-making bodies and represents the project vision and mission in European and international initiatives. NA1 also works in close collaboration with NA2 on the dissemination tasks, making sure that EMI maintains a high profile, is well represented in key events and is reaching out to new collaborations. NA2 - Outreach and Collaborations is the Work Package focusing on the organization of dissemination and training events and is responsible for the overall management of collaboration programs with external entities, like EGI, PRACE, the standardization bodies, user communities and industrial companies and other FP7 and ESFRI projects. NA2 has the responsibility to create and promote the EMI brand either directly or in collaboration with other projects and to put in place mechanisms to ensure a continuous and efficient flow of information between EMI and the users (infrastructures and communities) and coordinate the project knowledge exploitation plans. SA1 - Maintenance and Support owns the EMI production releases and the associated transition and support procedures. It provides coordination of the EMI user support activities (expert 3rd-level support), and is responsible for the reactive maintenance (software defects fixes) of the EMI services and components. SA1 works closely with SA2 (Quality Assurance) to implement and execute the release configuration management process, the acceptance criteria validation process and the correct application of Service Level Agreements. SA1 contributes to the dissemination and training activities defined by NA2 by providing technical expertise, especially in the use of the project results by third-parties, such as users, system and service administrators, application developers and operating systems maintainers.. SA2 - Quality Assurance defines and monitors the software engineering and quality assurance process for all EMI engineers and developers and for external interested third parties. SA2 works in close relationship with the other technical Work Packages to make sure that the QA processes and procedures are shared, understood and applied by all members of the project. It has explicit endorsement from the EMI management to identify actual or potential issues and make sure that adequate corrective actions are taken by the development teams. SA2 works in collaboration with EGI (via the EGI SA2 - Middleware Unit Work Package and the MCB) and other DCIs technical personnel to identify and monitor acceptance criteria used to establish and enforce Service Level Agreements. SA2 is also responsible to coordinate the availability of testbeds for software build and test operations using resources provided by the project beneficiaries or with collaborating resource providers (NGIs, third-party projects, etc). JRA1 – Middleware Development, Evolution and Integration: is responsible to implement the project development plans, by consolidating and standardizing the middleware components, performing proactive maintenance to improve reliability, performance and usability of components according to agreed requirements, and developing the new functionality required to achieve the project technical objectives. JRA1 is also responsible to define and implement the integration, interoperability and standardization specifications, receives overall technical guidance from the Project Technical Board and interacts with SA2 for the execution of the QA procedures. NA1 Administrative & Technical Management Project Director Technical Director Training NA2 Dissemination Outreach & Collaborations Testbed SA2 Quality Assurance QA Monitoring 3rd level support Maintenance SA1 Maintenance & Support Integration and Interoperabiilty Development JRA1