1 World Meteorological Organization WMO Information System (WIS) Managing & Moving Weather, Water and Climate Information in the 21 st Century WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Weather – Climate - Water Project & Implementation Plan ICG-WIS IV 4-7 September 2007

2 World Meteorological Organization Six Components –Introduction Vision, architecture, scope, environment, risks –Project Mgt framework, outreach, review –Components GTS, IGDDS, New –Related Projects –Implementation Plan –Ongoing support Overview

3 World Meteorological Organization Critical bits to review Scope (Table 1) Definitions of GISC, DCPC & NC (Sec3.3) Tasks, timelines, progress and sub tasks, leaders, risk & priority (Table 5.3) Ditto for pilot project and task contacts (App.A) Minimum critical success indicators (Sec5.5) Project office and ongoing support (Sec 6) Risk register (App F) Missing elements or tasks Gantt chart TOR for ETs (App C, D & E)

4 World Meteorological Organization PM Application PM using MS Project 2003 –Could task leaders create & maintain project files? –Reports could include latest copy of file. –Master file will just link to task files –Don’t need to be complex, Keys are links and timelines (i.e. Gantt Chart) Haven’t worried about resources, or actual work time Is there an easier alternative? i.e. twiki based

5 World Meteorological Organization What happens next Incorporate feedback from ICG-WIS (Sept – Oct 2007) Publish reviewed draft (Ver 0.5) on WIS web page Plan is presented to ECWG-WIGOS/WIS (Nov 2007?) Incorporate user requirements (App B) and feedback from ECWG. (Ver 0.6) Review & present to next ICG-WIS & CBS (May 2008?) (Ver 0.7 & 0.8) Remove draft label and publish as Ver. 1.0 Continue ongoing reviews