Outcome and achievements resulting from the 1st Alignment workshop (June 25-26, 2015, Lund) - Introduction - R. Garoby 30 August 2016

1st “Alignment” workshop [1/2] Motivation (convergence between CF and TD): “…to succeed we will have to work together in an aligned, integrated and effective way…” Implementation: …initial facilitated collaborative workshop with the leaders from the key teams who need to work together effectively with a view to initiating a collaborative culture, approach and way of working. The focus will be on overall programme management, Interface coordination and systems engineering as a tool to document our requirements.” Participants: 28 persons from ESS + animator(s) (Diarmid de Burgh-Milne & collaborators).

1st “Alignment” workshop [2/2] Direct outcome: Reports & recommendations from 5 working groups on June 26, 2015. Continued activity in the wgs with follow-up session on October 13, 2015. Implementation of a number of changes directly under the control of the participants. Further work in some wgs… Impact on Management and organization: Observations were understood and largely shared by the Management. Some proposals were not accepted. Some on-going actions were encouraged and adapted to better match expectations. New actions were triggered. Reviewers at Annual Review were very positive.

Today’s meeting Purpose: Agenda: Need to conclude/summarize before the 2nd “Alignment” workshop [Sept. 5-6, 2016]. Agenda: 10h00 Introduction / Purpose of the meeting R. Garoby 10h05 till 11h15 Working Groups outcome: Decisions Roles and responsibilities Meetings and communications Scope and requirements Schedule   P. Radahl P. Jacobsson F. Javier P. Sangberg M. Jakobsson 11h15 till 12h00 Management feedback: Expectations and results for CF Directors’ reports L. Stenmann A. Nestenborg A. Weeks