Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications NCSR “Demokritos” Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications CROSSMARC CROSS-lingual Multi Agent Retail Comparison WP5 Management and Dissemination Costas Spyropoulos CROSSMARC Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27-28, 2001

WP5: Objectives Monitor progress against the Workplan Produce management and progress reports (Quarterly Management Reports, Semestrial Progress Reports, Annual Public Reports and Final Report) , semestrial cost statements Produce a brief Project Presentation (month 3), Dissemination and Use Plan (month 6), Technology Implementation Plan (month 30) CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 2

WP5: Duration and Person-months Start date: month 1 End date: month 30 Person-months per participant: NCSR: 23; VeltiNet: 2; EDIN: 4; RTV: 8; ICDC: 3; ICN: 2 CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 3

WP5: Management structure - I Project manager (PM) – Deputy PM Site Managers WP Leaders Project Management Committee (PMC) CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 4

WP5: Management structure - II Project Manager responsibilities : technical and administrative co-ordination on a monthly basis; plan and control of deliverables; identification of deviations from the Workplan and of technical problems; proposing correcting actions together with the Project Management Committee CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 5

WP5: Management structure - III Project Management Committee consists of the Site Managers and is chaired by the Project Manager Project Management Committee responsibilities monitoring of progress against the Workplan and generating progress reviews identifying technical problems at an early stage proposing and approving major changes to the Workplan (voting framework) CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 6

WP5: Management structure - IV WP Leader: informs and cooperates with the PM monitors the work and synchronises the different tasks in the WP issues a detailed Workplan by the end of the WP’s 1st month submits quarterly WP progress reports to the PM manages the preparation of WP Deliverables (all deliverables pass through an assessment and refinement process coordinated by the PM) CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 7

WP5: Meetings Consortium meetings of the Project Management Committee every 4 months Meetings specific to WP tasks called by the WP Leaders Peer review meetings once per year Progress meetings between the PM and the PO every 4 months Concertation meetings (CLASS, E-commerce) IST Programme Conferences and Exhibitions (Dissemination Workshop) CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 8

WP5: Workplan for the 1st semester Month 1: Kick-off meeting Month 1: 1st version of the project Web site, e-mail list Month 2: Sign the Consortium Agreement Month 3: D5.1 Project Presentation Month 4: Project Logo, Brochure Month 4: Progress Reports for WP1, WP2, WP4. Quarterly Management Report to the EC. Month 5: 2nd Consortium Meeting (date, location ??) Month 6: D5.2 Dissemination and Use Plan Month 7: Semestrial Progress Report and Cost Statement, Quarterly Management Report CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 9

The coordinator is the link between the consortium and the EC WP5: Important Notes - I The coordinator is the link between the consortium and the EC CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 10

WP5: Important Notes - II Payment is sent to the coordinator within 60 days from the date EC approves the semestrial reports and cost statements Payment is distributed by the coordinator as soon as it is credited to the NCSR bank account. Partners should provide the coordinator their bank accounts Advance payment is 30% of the project funding. Deduction 30% of each subsequent payment. Guarantee retention is 15% of the project funding CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 11

WP5: Important Notes - III CROSSMARC belongs in the E-commerce Cluster with the projects: MK-Beem Spotlight Amities Nespole CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 12

WP5: Important Notes - IV CROSSMARC participates in the HLT support project CLASS in the cluster “Cross lingual knowledge management & tools”: CLARITY KERMIT LIQUID PEKING CROSSMARC Kick-off Meeting, Edinburgh, March 27, 2001 13