Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration Facilitating development and operation of high-quality e-infrastructure solutions of joint Nordic interest Joel Hedlund NeIC BMS coordinator

Why? Pool resources for common interests. Reach critical mass. Appropriate arena for collaboration? Develop competence through knowledge exchange. Get co-funding from NeIC. Add value to more users (a.k.a. get more value to your users). Faster/better deliveries? NeIC mode of operations: co-finance and run short-term collaborative projects for concrete e-infrastructure improvements. NeIC added value: build expertise to minimize overhead of international collaboration. 2

How? 3

4 Two modes of project initiation Top-down: by research councils or e-infra providers Bottom-up: by research communities or e-infra users. NeIC

NeIC Board GEN Area Coordinator ADM Area Coordinator NT1 Area Coordinator NeIC Director BMS Area Coordinator Project Advisory Forum Project Provider Forum Project User Forum Project Operations Executive team

6 Collaborator NeIC Executive team NeIC Executive team Stakeholder forum NO YES NO Co-funding partners YES NO We have a project! YES Idea Memo Project directive Rev. project directive Collaboration agreement

Some Operational Principles Open and reliable – Activity initiation process – Collaboration model Priority to stakeholder engagement – Stakeholder roles – Systematic engagement Motivated by providing added value to researchers, striving for continuous improvement 7

8 NeIC ‘Owners’

NeIC uses the Tieto PPS model Tieto: Major IT services company PPS = Practical Project Management (“Styrning”) Comprehensive model, customizable to any size project Used by big international enterprises Available across all Nordic countries One common project-language and project-culture for NeIC 9

Collaboration model 10 Service Agreements Employer Institution: Project Manager Employer Institution: Project Manager Employer Institution: Project Personnel Employer Institution: Project Personnel Employer Institution: Project Personnel Employer Institution: Project Personnel

Project organization 11 Steering group Co-funding partners, NeIC Steering group Co-funding partners, NeIC Project manager Project team Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group (stakeholders) Reference group(-s) Stakeholders Reference group(-s) Stakeholders