Resource Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina LCGPEB Jan 22

Resource Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina LCG-PEB - Jan 22, 2002 1

Contents u Project Management in short u Basic Elements u Qualities of a PM tool: authoring u Qualities of a PM tool: browsing u Considered Tools: GDPM-MSP-Xproject-PPT u Conclusions u References: General, LHC LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 2

PM in short u where are we today/going in the end understand/define the goal(s) to achieve Assess/state present situation u how do we arrive Monitor/review goals/milestones/deliverables u when do we arrive Monitor/review schedules/deadlines/delays u who is who understand/define roles, partnerships, contribution methods LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 3

Basic elements u Planning: goals and milestones u Tracking: tasks, schedules and deadlines on deliverables u Inter-relationships: roles, peers u Resourcing: human/financial u Communication: reviews, reports, negotiations LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 4

Qualities of a PM tool: authoring u Maintain the inter-dependence between the different elements (PBS, OBS, WBS) u enable maintenance by different authors at different levels of ownership/responsibility u Follow-up: e. g. deadline triggers, contingency paths u Reporting: data projections according to needs u Logging/tracking, import/export LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 5

Qualities of a PM tool: browsing u Granularity in browsing levels (PM, “office”, internal/site/external partners) u Communication/Feedback channel(s) LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 6

Considered Tools GDPM MS Project OBS Maintenance WBS Maintenance Shared/Web Authoring Shared/Web Browsing Import/Export Communication Paths Usage by ALICE ATLAS CMS LHCb Software licensing Sofware status LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 yes yes (lim) com prod yes yes? (2002) yes (MPS+lic) yes (lim) wide Detectors ? ? yes com prod Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina Xproject yes yes yes ? ? US, Comp free dev PPT yes yes yes Yes Det (14) yes free prod 7

Conclusions u Preference for “freeware” tools (enable to share across sites/labs/US+EU) u “in-house” (HEP) development may be useful (match/taylor to project needs), resourcing? Choosing may in the end be determined by LHCexp-wide adoption LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 8

References - General GDPM http: //w 3. gdpm. no/prosoft/english/gdpm. asp MS Project 2002 http: //www. microsoft. com/presspass/Press/2001/Dec 01/1212 Project. Unveiling. PR. asp Xproject http: //atlassw 1. phy. bnl. gov/Planning/us. Planning. html#sw PPT http: //ppt. cern. ch LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 9

References - LHC PM Usage by ALICE http: //cern. ch/alice-project-management/tools. html http: //cern. ch/promansys/documents/ia-report-ce. doc ATLAS http: //ppt. cern. ch/uni/ppt. home http: //cern. ch/Atlas/GROUPS/SOFTWARE/OO/planning/ CMS PPT (conceiled) LHCb http: //cern. ch/lhcb-comp/Support/html/LHCb. Project. Plan. Template. html LCG-PEB Jan 22, 2002 Resouce Mgt Tools Miguel Marquina 10