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© all rights reserved by DLR e.V. and Thelsys GmbH 10 Challenges of EU Research Projects … … and How to Surmount Them Dr. Martin Spieck DLR – German Aerospace Center Hamburg

2 Köln - Porz Lampoldshausen Stuttgart Oberpfaffenhofen Göttingen Bonn Trauen Hamburg Neustrelitz Weilheim ETW  DNW Braunschweig Bad Godesberg Augsburg Stade DLR is Germany's national research centre for aeronautics and space employees 32 research institutes / scientific institutions located at 8 sites, 8 locations, and agencies in Brussels, Paris, Washington and Tokyo. Participation of DLR at:  European Transonic Wind Tunnel (ETW)  Deutsch-Niederländische Windkanäle (DNW)

3 Successful projects? successful failed challenged Quelle: Standish Group (Boston, MA, USA) 0% 20% 40% 10% 30% 50% % 31% 53% 27% 40% 33% 26% 28% 46% 28% 23% 49% 34% 15% 51% 29% 18% 53% 35% 19% 46% 32% 24% 44%

4 (1)Research projects are special. Start zone of ambiguity ?

5 (2)There is no „silver bullet“ for proposals. project plan marketing popular science business plan

6 (3)A proposal has a target audience of three: the evaluators.

7 (4)Smart project planning aligns individual agendas with the overall objectives.

8 (5)It is not a good idea to focus on everything. level time methodologytoolsresults average advanced expert

9 (5)It is not a good idea to focus on everything. level time methodologytoolsresults average advanced expert

10 (5)It is not a good idea to focus on everything. level time methodologytoolsresults average advanced expert

11 (5)It is not a good idea to focus on everything. level time methodologytoolsresults average advanced expert

12 (5)It is not a good idea to focus on everything. level time methodologytoolsresults average advanced expert

13 classical analysis 1 day 1 week1 month1 yearprojectworking lifegeneration sophisticated approach „pragmatic sophistication“ effort [log 2 ] benefit (5)It is not a good idea to focus on everything.

14 (6)Efficient management of large projects: the „project of projects“ WP 1 WP 2 WP 3 WP 4 WP 5 WP 1 WP A-2 WP A-3 WP A-4 WP 5 WP B-2 WP B-3 WP B-4 WP C-2 WP C-3 WP C-4

15 (7)Smart reporting: administrative duties do not have to be a bureaucratic burden.

16 (8)The purpose of a meeting is not to meet, it is to work.

17 (9)Always keep your officer informed.... and in the experiment, the laboratory exploded just as planned … … everything is just on schedule … … no need to worry, really!

18 (10)Mind the gap! Traps which migth be fatal for your project… scope creep„Is it O.K. to add just some features?“ lip service support„We‘ll do everything we can…“ exit of stakeholders„This number is temporarily unavailable.“ loss of key personnel„Joe is no longer working here, but Jack has seen once how to do it…“ political / dark agendas… when failing is success. …

19 “Here comes Edward Bear now, down the stairs behind Christopher Robin. Bump! Bump! Bump! on the back of his head. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming down stairs. He is sure that there must be a better way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment to think of it.“ A.A. Milne, “Winnie The Pooh”, 1926