1. SFT Group Meeting 2 nd September 2005 1. News (10') John Harvey 2. Summer Student reports Denis FAVRE-MIVILLE (15') Johannes Feist (15') Tomas Kubes (15') Andrew McLennan (15') Danilo Piparo (15') 3. AOB

2. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s SFT Personnel News Leaving SFT  Valerie Onoutchine finished his PJAS in July  Torbjorn Sjostrand finished his PDSA end August Torbjorn is due to return as a PJAS 1 st half of 2006  Oliver Link and Marek Biskup leaving end September  Massimo Marino leaving to join Apple Joining SFT  Bertrand Bellenot – staff: started August 1 st (ROOT/SPI)  Alexander Howard – Applied Fellow: starts Oct 3 rd (Geant 4)  Axel Naumann – staff: starts Nov 1 st (ROOT/CORE)

3. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Bottom-up Review of PH Department (1) Internal Audit (HR) asked to make a ‘bottom-up’ review of PH department by DG  in past focused on LHC machine and experimental areas  will look at all departments, starting with PH  ‘focus on CMS support’ and in particular the following groups: CMS groups : CMI, CMA PH Support Groups : DT1, DT2, SFT, ESS, ED, MIC Objectives and Scope  to ensure strategic aims are met in cost effective manner  look at effectiveness of procedures and controls  assess the strategy, risks, departmental structure and interfaces to other departments and clients  assess on individual level job functions, overlaps, gaps, workload

4. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Bottom-up Review of PH Department (2) Audit approach  processes identified and documented  manpower documented and measured  risks and controls evaluated  report will be produced highlighting strengths and weaknesses and making recommendations for improvement where appropriate  follow-up strategy will be agreed based on an action plan JH interview with HR beginning of August 2005  group mandate, objectives, structure and profile, budget  scope of activities, projects, interaction with clients (LCG bodies)  software map, current status, participation in inter-lab collaborations  successes, risks, links to further information

5. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s SFT Group Inventory New procedure for PH inventory – managed by Gino De Bilio Nathalie has checked the inventory for SFT equipment  PCs, screens, printers,...  http://ph-sft.web.cern.ch/ph-sft/Computer%20inventory/phsft_0507R_final.htm http://ph-sft.web.cern.ch/ph-sft/Computer%20inventory/phsft_0507R_final.htm  ‘New’ fields and red entries are changes w.r.t. main inventory SFT inventory will be updated by Nathalie whenever new equipment is ordered  please ensure she is informed Inventory updates will sent to De Bilio (every quarter?)  inventory stickers will be issued by de Bilio and stuck on by Nathalie NETOPS database also being updated by Nathalie  Convention for naming new equipment PCPHSFTnnn  ‘Responsible’ SFT/PCADMIN - ph-dep-sft-pcadmin@cern.chph-dep-sft-pcadmin@cern.ch except for special servers (e.g. Geant 4 – Gunter)

6. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Portable Computers Need paperwork in order to take equipment off the CERN site, e.g. for portable computers Please supply description of equipment to Nathalie  Manufacturer and model (IBM Thinkpad)  Type (2647 -4 MG)  Serial number (552K62P205)  EDH document number (1163566) - to get the value, for example Nathalie will issue a ‘shipping request’ for you ‘Logistics Services’ will then supply an invoice which Nathalie will give to you Please keep it with your portable

7. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Future SFT Group Meeting Dates Friday October 7 th Friday November 11 th Friday December 9 th

8. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Summer Students Summer studentSupervisorProposed officeStart Date ANNINOS DionysiosGRICHINE Vladimir2/R-02128 th June FAVRE-MIVILLE DenisANTCHEVA Ilka32/R-C0921 st June FEIST JohannesFOLGER Gunter2/R-0205 th July KUBES TomasPFEIFFER Andreas32/R-B1521 st June MADEJCZYK Jakub RADEMAKERS Fons32/R-B165 th July MCLENNAN AndrewMONETA Lorenzo32/R-C2221 st June PIPARO DaniloPOINSIGNON Eric32/R-B0319 th July