1. 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

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

3. 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

4. Athens, 7-8 th April - 4 EGEE Regions

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 26-28 April at NeSC (for EGEE trainers and participants) Draft modules onto Web during May Second run 18-20 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)

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. 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.

18. Athens, 7-8 th April - 18 NA3 key individuals NA3 C. Aposkitis apochr@grnet.gr O. Prnjat oprnjat@grnet.gr David Horn horn@post.tau.ac.il Amihai Loven amihai@iucc.ac.il D. Banciu doina.banciu@ici.ro V. Florian vladimir@ici.ro UCY CLPP-BAS AP: Confirm Key Personnel

19. Athens, 7-8 th April - 19 Identification of personnel & roles AP: Identify ALL personnel and roles for ALL countries Collaborator nameContact/emailInstituteRole Christos Aposkitisapochr@admin.grnet.gr GRNET SEE Regional training manager; Training manager Greece/Cyprus Ognjen Prnjatoprnjat@admin.grnet.gr GRNET Alternate training manager Greece Kostas Koumataroskkoum@admin.grnet.gr GRNET Alternate training manager Greece UCY Support training manager Cyprus David Hornhorn@post.tau.ac.il TAU Training manager Israel Amihai Lovenamihai@iucc.ac.il TAU Alternate training manager Israel Itzhak Ben Akivabenakiva@alzt.tau.ac.il TAU TAU/WI middleware expert Lorne Levinsonfhlevins@wicc.weizmann.ac.il WI Head of HEP PC farm Assaf Schusterassaf@cs.technion.ac.il IIT Head of CS Distributed System Lab ICI Training manager RO/BG CLPP-BAS Support training manager RO/BG

20. 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)1-22-35 Course EquipmentWeb AccessWorkstations EGEE Staff / course non-EGEE experts/course Course materials + other costs AP: Identify courses planned per country (including costs)

21. Athens, 7-8 th April - 21 PBS

22. 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)

23. 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

24. 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

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

26. 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 GRNET120+12015+15 TAU708.75+8.75 ICI70+7035 Total AP: Finalize FTEs and PMs

27. Athens, 7-8 th April - 27 Detailed names Collaborator nameInstituteRoleProvisional date in M1 to 12 FTE (0..1)F/UF David Horn TAU ManagerM1-120.15 Amihai Loven TAU, IAG Assistant ManagerM1-120.25 Itzhak Ben Akiva TAU Middleware expertM1-12 Assaf Schuster IIT M1-12 Lorne Levinson WI M1-12 Total effort Effort from the TA Deviation

28. Athens, 7-8 th April - 28 Communications procedures egee-see-na3@grnet.gr TBC project-egee-na3@cern.ch TBC project-egee-na3@cern.ch CERN Document Server (CDS): http://agenda.cern.ch/displayLevel.php?fid=41 http://agenda.cern.ch/displayLevel.php?fid=41 EDMS server (In OTHERS/EGEE/) https://edms.cern.chhttps://edms.cern.ch Main site http://egee-intranet.web.cern.ch/egee-intranet/gateway.htmlhttp://egee-intranet.web.cern.ch/egee-intranet/gateway.html Restricted members area http://egee-members.web.cern.ch/egee- members/index.htmlhttp://egee-members.web.cern.ch/egee- members/index.html CERN NICE/EDMS accounts: Marie-Laure.Bourgeois@cern.ch

29. 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