Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC V-GISC Project Office An Introduction by Dieter Schröder (ECMWF)

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC V-GISC PO: What is V-GISC? V-GISC – The West European Approach to a GISC

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC What is V-GISC and the Project Office? V-GISC = SIMDAT Software + additional Software for integration of local systems + organisational concept (the so-called VO) V-GISC Project Office: Develops concepts / guidelines to reach an operational V-GISC  (no software development)  System Integration Architecture  Organisational Concept of V-GISC V-GISC Project Office: A VO with 2 staff members (Météo France and ECMWF)

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC System Integration Approach Collaboration DMZ Catalogue Node Data Repository SIMDAT Components Local Intranet Local Databases Reverse Proxy I Reverse Proxy 2 GTS - Switch Decoding SW Customer DMZ Push Mode Umbrella Serving GISC Customers via PUSH Mirror DB User Access Management Data Dissemination System Serving Site Customers

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC What is a Virtual Organisation? Definition: VO, inside view  Co-operating independent organisations VO, outside view  One comprehensive organisation Layer Model: 1. Organisation Layer : Cooperation of people and org. unit 2. Product Layer: Meteorological Data, Data Policy 3. Operational Layer: Basic IT Infrastructure (  Grid Technology) 4. Application Layer: Interoperability of the V-GISC components PO deals with concepts of the Organisation Layer Counterparts:Organisation LayerIT-Layers Structural VO Model IT-Architecture Organisation ChartUML Class Diagram Process OrganisationUse Cases Organisation Flow ChartUML Use Case Diagram

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC Structural Organisation for V-GISC Central Support Office (at one partner site) Central Reference Installation / Central Test System / Central SW Documentation / Bugzilla Repository / SW Asset Management / Office Duties Implementation Team D EUMETSAT ECMWF Implementation Team F Implementation Team UK Implementation Board Syst. Engineers from all sites QM-Supervision/Change Manag./ Escalation/Implem. Governance Steering Committee / Management Board Executive Representatives from all sites Supervision/Escalation/Strategic Decisions Project Manager ( Ideally: Head of Central Support Office) Leading the Project,/ Keep Things Going VGISC Operational Team System Operation/Monitoring/Backup/ Change Management. GTS-Teamleader D GTS/VGISC-Op Team D GTS-Teamleader UK GTS/VGISC-Op Team UK GTS-Teamleader F GTS/VGISC-Op Team F EUMETSAT ECMWF Operational Board “GTS-Teamleaders” QM-Supervision/Change Management/ Escalation/Functional Operative Decisions V-GISC “Op-Teamleader” “Round-robin” from GTS-Teamleaders Operational Decisions/Delegation of tasks SW-Dev. Team D EUMETSAT ECMWF SW-Dev. Team F SW-Dev. Team UK External Development Team (Contractor) Develops Central SW-Modules Design&Architecture Team “Chief Designer” Representative of Each Local Team Major Design & Arch. Decisions/Supervision Local “User-Group” D EUMETSAT ECMWF Local “User-Group” F Loc. “User-Group” UK Evaluation Board Representatives from Local User-Groups Evaluation of Design, Architecture and Software

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC Management & Central Service Central Support Office (at one partner site) Central Reference Installation / Central Test System / Central SW Documentation / Bugzilla Repository / SW Asset Management / Office Duties Steering Committee / Management Board Executive Representatives from all sites Supervision/Escalation/Strategic Decisions Project Manager ( Ideally: Head of Central Support Office) Leading the Project,/ Keep Things Going

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC Structural Organisation for Operation Steering Committee / Management Board Executive Representatives from all sites Supervision/Escalation/Strategic Decisions Project Manager ( Ideally: Head of Central Support Office) Leading the Project,/ Keep Things Going VGISC Operational Team System Operation/Monitoring/Backup/ Change Management. GTS-Teamleader D GTS/VGISC-Op Team D GTS-Teamleader UK GTS/VGISC-Op Team UK GTS-Teamleader F GTS/VGISC-Op Team F EUMETSAT ECMWF Operational Board “GTS-Teamleaders” QM-Supervision/Change Management/ Escalation/Functional Operative Decisions V-GISC “Op-Teamleader” “Round-robin” from GTS-Teamleaders Operational Decisions/Delegation of tasks

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC Structural Organisation for SW Development in V-GISC Central Support Office (at one partner site) Central Reference Installation / Central Test System / Central SW Doc. / Bugzilla Repository / SW Asset Management / Office Duties External Development Team (Contractor) Develops Central SW-Modules SW-Dev. Team D EUMETSAT ECMWF SW-Dev. Team F SW-Dev. Team UK Design & Architecture Team “Chief Designer” Responsible for an homogeneous SW Design Representative of Each Local Team Major Design & Arch. Decisions/Supervision Evaluation Board Representatives from Local User-Groups Evaluation of Design, Architecture and Software / Change Management / Coordination of the Integration Tasks EUMETSAT ECMWF Local “User-Group” D Operational Team Data Management Team … Local “User-Group” F Operational Team Data Management Team … Local “User-Group” UK Operational Team Data Management Team … Steering Committee / Management Board Executive Representatives from all sites Supervision/Escalation/Strategic Decisions Project Manager ( Ideally: Head of Central Support Office) Leading the Project,/ Keep Things Going

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC Structural Organisation: Implementation Central Support Office (at one partner site) Central Reference Installation / Central Test System / Central SW Documentation / Bugzilla Repository / SW Asset Management / Office Duties Implementation Team D EUMETSAT ECMWF Implementation Team F Implementation Team UK Implementation Board Syst. Engineers from all sites QM-Supervision/Change Manag./ Escalation/Implem. Governance Steering Committee / Management Board Executive Representatives from all sites Supervision/Escalation/Strategic Decisions Project Manager ( Ideally: Head of Central Support Office) Leading the Project,/ Keep Things Going

Project Office: ICG-WIS meeting at ECMWF 04 – 07/09/2007 V-GISC Process Organisation Operational Process: SW Development & Implementation Day-to-day operation Backup Process Trouble Ticket Process Missing Data Investigation Change Management Process