EGEE is a project funded by the European Union NA3 Overview and Execution plan Christos Aposkitis Training manager, GRNET EGEE-SEE regional kick-off, April 7-8 th, 2004

Athens, 7-8 th April - 2 Objectives of this session Understand NA3 organisation Overview of the execution plan Identify missing inputs and action points

Athens, 7-8 th April - 3 Outline NA3 Overview High-level NA3 organisation and activities Execution plan NA3 SEE task overview Deliverables and milestones Organisation  Overall  Country-specific Courses projection WBS TA effort estimate Communication procedures Action points

Athens, 7-8 th April - 4 EGEE Regions

Athens, 7-8 th April - 5 NA3 objectives Producing a portfolio of training material and courses from introductory to advanced user material Using this material to train a wide variety of users both internal to the EGEE consortium and from the external user groups from across Europe who will make use of the infrastructure Ensuring that EGEE Team Spirit is engendered early in the project’s lifetime

Athens, 7-8 th April - 6 TA requirement for courses (Internal EGEE) Course TypeAverage Attendance Course Requirements Number per Year Induction 50 2 Day Web Access ≥ 10 Application Developer Training 25 4 Day Workstations ≥ 8 Advanced Courses 25 5 Day Workstations ≥ 2 Internal Technical Activity Specific Retreats 30 2 Day ≥ 6

Athens, 7-8 th April - 7 Training of trainers (internal) … to a level deeper than that at which they train. Training places demands on other activities, before the training burden can be lifted from them! Trainers are early users. Time Effort Trainers Developers

Athens, 7-8 th April - 8 Initial planning (internal) The initial training material for external courses, including tutorials and practical classes will be developed and managed by NeSC (UEDIN) with input from other EGEE teams Initial team focus: EGEE internal induction course First run April at NeSC (for EGEE trainers and participants) Draft modules onto Web during May Second run May at CERN (for EGEE trainers and participants) Produce course in June: available as modules, as configurable days, as well as two-day course envisaged by Technical Annex AP: Identify participants (1 per country)

Athens, 7-8 th April - 9 Internal induction course: targets Induction course will include:  Grids and their application  EGEE Project – context, history, goals, structure  EGEE Grid – current middleware, future technology  EGEE Project procedures – management, admin, website, where to find standards

Athens, 7-8 th April - 10 Internal induction course: outline Resources available include: 2 day EDG tutorial GENIUS portal Demonstrations Tutorial material tested & available by end May: ~1 day on EGEE structure, procedures, goals, context, introduction to Grids, applications & technologies  Released to EGEE Intranet in May (drafts earlier) ~1 day on demonstrations, practicals with both GENIUS and command-line interfaces  Suited to new recruits especially; usable for external induction later. Modular, configurable resources will be on EGEE Intranet Trainers across EGEE will be mobilised to deliver these

Athens, 7-8 th April - 11 Training material (external) Introductory tutorials on necessary background (OGSI/GT3/etc.) Introductory tutorials on EGEE specifics Application development tutorials for end-users Hands-on tutorials regarding EGEE services use

Athens, 7-8 th April - 12 NA3 execution plan: overview Execution plan Main part – overall organisation, responsibilities, procedures, task breakdown etc. Core is provided Detailed planning – detailing per country task breakdown, staffing, planning, organisation etc. TBD per country.

Athens, 7-8 th April - 13 Deliverables MonthDeliverableItemPartnerLead SEE partner M3DNA3.1.1Training PlanGRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS M6DNA3.2Initial Training Course Material GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS M9DNA3.1.2Training Plan update 1GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS M9DNA3.3.1Training Progress ReportGRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS M15DNA3.1.3Training Plan update 2GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS M15DNA3.3.2Training Progress Report update 1 GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS M24DNA3.3.3Training Progress Report update 2 GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP-BAS

Athens, 7-8 th April - 14 Milestones MonthMilestoneItemPartnerLead SEE partner M3MNA3.1Planning phase complete – DNA3.1.1 delivered + production of courses begin GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP- BAS M6MNA3.2First user training material and induction course available (including partial translation for SEE regional languages) GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP- BAS M12MNA3.3First external review of User Training and Induction with feedback GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP- BAS M24MNA3.4Second external review of User Training and Induction with feedback GRNET, TAU, ICI, UCY, CLPP- BAS

Athens, 7-8 th April - 15 SEE partners ParticipantRoleFTE (EU funded + unf.) GRNETCoordinator; Training: GR & CY UCYGRNET Support in Cyprus ICITraining: RO and BG CLPP-BASICI Support in BG TAUTraining: IS Total effort AP: Confirm FTEs

Athens, 7-8 th April - 16 Training organization SEE Regional Training Manager Training Manager – Greece + Cyprus Training Manager – Israel Training Manager – Romania + Bulgaria

Athens, 7-8 th April - 17 Training organization GRNET will be coordinating the NA3 effort in the SA region, with the input from all partners. This includes coordinating partners’ input to deliverables + overall coordination of the course planning and delivery in the region; with the strong participation from TAU and ICI. The training manager role on the regional level: GRNET. Country regional training managers in Romania (ICI), Israel (TAU) and Greece (GRNET). Support training managers in Cyprus and Bulgaria help the training activities.

Athens, 7-8 th April - 18 NA3 key individuals NA3 C. Aposkitis O. Prnjat David Horn Amihai Loven D. Banciu V. Florian UCY CLPP-BAS AP: Confirm Key Personnel

Athens, 7-8 th April - 19 Identification of personnel & roles AP: Identify ALL personnel and roles for ALL countries Collaborator nameContact/ InstituteRole Christos GRNET SEE Regional training manager; Training manager Greece/Cyprus Ognjen GRNET Alternate training manager Greece Kostas GRNET Alternate training manager Greece UCY Support training manager Cyprus David TAU Training manager Israel Amihai TAU Alternate training manager Israel Itzhak Ben TAU TAU/WI middleware expert Lorne WI Head of HEP PC farm Assaf IIT Head of CS Distributed System Lab ICI Training manager RO/BG CLPP-BAS Support training manager RO/BG

Athens, 7-8 th April - 20 Courses for external users per country GREECE and CYPRUSCourse Type Introductory Grid Tutorials EGEE introduction + hands-on tutorials Application Development tutorials Number per Year Year 1: 3 (Athens, Salonica, Cyprus) Year 2: 5 (Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Patras, Cyprus) Year 1: 2 (Athens, Cyprus) Year 2: 5 (Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Patras, Cyprus) Year 2: 2 (Athens, Cyprus) Average Attendance5025 Course Length (days) Course EquipmentWeb AccessWorkstations EGEE Staff / course non-EGEE experts/course Course materials + other costs AP: Identify courses planned per country (including costs)

Athens, 7-8 th April - 21 PBS

Athens, 7-8 th April - 22 WBS The initial work breakdown structure: Deliverable tasks Infrastructure setup and course delivery throughout the lifetime of the project The actual training is a bursty activity Setup of User Interface (UI) at training locations – support from local partners Translations (continuous) Training testbed – open issue (currently taken up by UEDIN)

Athens, 7-8 th April - 23 Activity plan (example) TaskTask TitlePartnerStartEndTotal effort Person responsible Details NA3.1Contribute to DNA3.1.1 (Training Plan) M1M3 NA3.1.1Identification of topicsM1M3 NA3.1.2Identification of target audienceM1M3 NA3.1.3Identification of existing and potential facilities M1M3 NA3.1.4Identification of provisional training locations and dates M1M3 AP: Finalize activity plan

Athens, 7-8 th April - 24 Activity plan (example) NA3.10Course delivery GR+CYGRNET, UCYM4M24 NA3.10.1Infrastructure setupM4M24 NA3.10.2Grid Introduction course deliveryM4M24 NA3.10.3EGEE introduction/ hands-on course delivery M6M24 NA3.10.4Application development course deliveryM12M24

Athens, 7-8 th April - 25 Effort Effort needs to be identified Real PMs/partner needed Real people needed

Athens, 7-8 th April - 26 TA effort estimate: PMs PartnerBudget (KEuro) Total effort (FTE), 2 yrs Total effort (PM), 2 yrs 1 st yr effort (PM) 2 nd yr effort (PM) Role GRNET TAU ICI Total AP: Finalize FTEs and PMs

Athens, 7-8 th April - 27 Detailed names Collaborator nameInstituteRoleProvisional date in M1 to 12 FTE (0..1)F/UF David Horn TAU ManagerM Amihai Loven TAU, IAG Assistant ManagerM Itzhak Ben Akiva TAU Middleware expertM1-12 Assaf Schuster IIT M1-12 Lorne Levinson WI M1-12 Total effort Effort from the TA Deviation

Athens, 7-8 th April - 28 Communications procedures TBC TBC CERN Document Server (CDS): EDMS server (In OTHERS/EGEE/) Main site Restricted members area members/index.htmlhttp://egee-members.web.cern.ch/egee- members/index.html CERN NICE/EDMS accounts:

Athens, 7-8 th April - 29 Action points AP: Confirm partners’ FTEs Confirm Key Personnel For ALL countries: Identify ALL personnel (names!) and roles Identify courses planned per country (including costs) Finalize activity plan But keep activities coarse-grained Effort: Real PMs/partner needed Real people needed Deadline execution plan draft: 15 th April In order to have a good estimate for Cork conference