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+ <head-links>
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+ <a href="project-objectives.html" target="content"><img src="./../../images/PreviousArrow.gif" width="26" height="26" border="0" alt="Previous Page"/></a>
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+ <introduction>
<h1>Project Management</h1>
<p>The Project management will be assured by the following relevant
roles:</p>
<li>Project Exploitation Board</li>
<li>Work-package Teams.</li>
</ol>
- <dl>
- <dt>Project Manager</dt>
- <dd>The mandate of the Project Manager is
- to represent the Project, report to the Commission, monitor
- overall performance of the project, ensure accomplishment
- of the technical objectives, promote project visibility,
- promote dissemination of project results in the relevant international
- forums, promote acceptance of project results, administer
- project resources and monitor project spending.</dd>
-
- <dt>Exploitation Manager</dt>
- <dd>S/he will be responsible for coordinating
- exploitation activities undertaken by the Project Exploitation Board
- (PEB) in close cooperation with the Project Coordination Committee
- (PCC).</dd>
-
- <dt>Work-package Leaders</dt>
- <dd>They are responsible for the performance of
- Work-packages, and they must be committed to the Work-package for at
- least five man months per year.</dd>
-
- <dt>Technical Contributors</dt>
- <dd>Technical Contributors are specialised
- staff provided by the partners. They could be either people active on
- a stable basis into a Work-package, or people who contribute from time
- to time on specific tasks related to the work-plan (external
- contributors).</dd>
-
- <dt>Project Coordination Committee</dt>
- <dd>The PCC is chaired by the Project
- Manager and constituted by one representative from each Partner, and
- is the main decision body of the Consortium. It is in charge
- of all formal decisions regarding technical direction of the work,
- proper interrelation between Work-packages,
- relations with IST Office, policies for promotion of results,
- administrative arrangements. In view of minimising management overhead
- and project costs, partners providing the Project Manager,
- and the Work-packages Leaders are required to appoint the same
- person as their official representative in the Project
- Coordination Committee.</dd>
-
- <dt>Project Exploitation Board</dt>
- <dd>The PEB will be chaired by the
- Project Exploitation Manager, and composed by the Exploitation
- Managers of each partner. It will monitor the state of the art in
- the domains of content-based information technologies, W3C activities,
- Web publishing, and digital libraries. It will be responsible for
- planning the dissemination and exploitation strategies for the
- consortium, to be approved by the PCC.</dd>
-
- <dt>Work-package Teams</dt>
- <dd>They are constituted of the technical contributors.
- Each team will be chaired by a Work-package Leader, and it will be in
- charge of carrying out the technical work described in Section
- \ref{Workpackages}.</dd>
- </dl>
-
+ </introduction>
+ <main>
+ <project-manager site="bologna" file="asperti">
+ <mandate>
+ The mandate of the Project Manager is to represent the Project, report to
+ the Commission, monitor overall performance of the project, ensure
+ accomplishment of the technical objectives, promote project visibility,
+ promote dissemination of project results in the relevant international
+ forums, promote acceptance of project results, administer
+ project resources and monitor project spending.
+ </mandate>
+ </project-manager>
+ <exploitation-manager site="aei" file="wegner">
+ <mandate>
+ He is responsible for coordinating exploitation activities undertaken
+ by the Project Exploitation Board (PEB) in close cooperation with the
+ Project Coordination Committee (PCC).
+ </mandate>
+ </exploitation-manager>
+ <work-package-leaders>
+ <mandate>
+ They are responsible for the performance of
+ Work-packages, and they must be committed to the Work-package for at
+ least five man months per year.
+ </mandate>
+ </work-package-leaders>
+ <technical-contributors>
+ <mandate>
+ Technical Contributors are specialised
+ staff provided by the partners. They could be either people active on
+ a stable basis into a Work-package, or people who contribute from time
+ to time on specific tasks related to the work-plan (external
+ contributors).
+ </mandate>
+ </technical-contributors>
+ <project-coordination-committee>
+ <chair site="bologna" file="asperti"/>
+ <member site="bologna" file="asperti"/>
+ <member site="dfki" file=""/>
+ <member site="nijmegen" file="geuvers"/>
+ <member site="aei" file="schutz"/>
+ <member site="trusted-logic" file="loiseaux"/>
+ <member site="inria" file="rideau"/>
+ <mandate>
+ The PCC is chaired by the Project
+ Manager and constituted by one representative from each Partner, and
+ is the main decision body of the Consortium. It is in charge
+ of all formal decisions regarding technical direction of the work,
+ proper interrelation between Work-packages,
+ relations with IST Office, policies for promotion of results,
+ administrative arrangements.
+ </mandate>
+ </project-coordination-committee>
+ <project-exploitation-board>
+ <chair site="aei" file="wegner"/>
+ <member site="bologna" file="asperti"/>
+ <member site="dfki" file="moschner"/>
+ <member site="nijmegen" file="geuvers"/>
+ <member site="aei" file="wegner"/>
+ <member site="trusted-logic" file="loiseaux"/>
+ <member site="inria" file="herbelin"/>
+ <mandate>
+ The PEB is chaired by the
+ Project Exploitation Manager, and composed by the Exploitation
+ Managers of each partner. It monitors the state of the art in
+ the domains of content-based information technologies, W3C activities,
+ Web publishing, and digital libraries. It is responsible for
+ planning the dissemination and exploitation strategies for the
+ consortium, to be approved by the PCC.
+ </mandate>
+ </project-exploitation-board>
+ <work-package-teams>
+ <mandate>
+ They are constituted of the technical contributors.
+ Each team is chaired by a Work-package Leader, and it is in
+ charge of carrying out the technical work described in
+ each Work-Package.
+ </mandate>
+ </work-package-teams>
+ </main>
+ <other-infos>
<h2>Decision Process</h2>
- <p>Decisions will normally be taken by seeking consensus. However,
+ <p>Decisions is normally taken by seeking consensus. However,
after a reasonable amount of time has been allowed to illustrate
and defend of conflicting positions, in order to avoid deadlock
in project operational progress, the approval of two-third majority
- of the partners will be sufficient. If the decision being taken
+ of the partners is sufficient. If the decision being taken
is unacceptable
to partners found in the minority positions, the resolution of the
conflict will be elevated to each partner's higher executive level.
can initiate the conflict resolution procedure.</p>
<h2>Information Flow</h2>
- <p>Information flow within the Project will be ensured by exchange of
+ <p>Information flow within the Project is ensured by exchange of
internal technical papers, notification of relevant new publications
technologies or standards, and reports from external meetings.
All technical documentation generated by the project should be
exchangeable in electronic format, according to a set of guidelines
- to be agreed at project start-up. The project Manager will enforce
+ agreed at project start-up. The project Manager enforces
adherence to these guidelines. Only strictly formal correspondence
- will be exchanged by ordinary mail and telefax. Urgent correspondence
- over e-mail will be sent with a request for explicit acknowledgement.</p>
- <p>The Coordinating Partner will be responsible to prepare and maintain
+ is exchanged by ordinary mail and telefax. Urgent correspondence
+ over e-mail is sent with a request for explicit acknowledgement.</p>
+ <p>The Coordinating Partner is responsible to prepare and maintain
a Web page of the project and a CVS repository (also available via Web).
The CVS repository is meant to keep the trace of the overall
- progress of the Project, and it will be used by the PCC to monitor
+ progress of the Project, and it is used by the PCC to monitor
the state of advancement of the work. Each partner periodically
submit reports to the prime contractor, listing all technical
contributions, publications, meeting attendance and other information
which may help in understanding the provided effort and cost figures.</p>
- <p>The Project will establish a high quality Web site for internal and
- external communications. It will be operational as from one month of
+ <p>The Project has established a high quality Web site for internal and
+ external communications. It has been operational as from one month of
the commencement date and will be maintained during the project duration.
- The ``members only'' area will include e.g. all private deliverables,
- progress and management reports, and cost statements. The open area will
- include
- the project presentation as defined in Appendix 2 of the ``Guidelines
+ The ``members only'' area includes e.g. all private deliverables,
+ progress and management reports, and cost statements. The open area
+ includes the project presentation as defined in Appendix 2 of the
+ ``Guidelines
for Contract Preparation'' document, all public deliverables, and any
relevant information suggested by the Project Exploitation Board.</p>
<h2>Quality Procedures</h2>
<p>For all deliverables, the following review procedure
- will be adopted: release by the Work-Package Leader, two-week review
+ is adopted: release by the Work-Package Leader, two-week review
period for comments by the PCC, two-week amendment period to incorporate
PCC recommendations, one-week balloting period for approval by the
PCC.</p>
<h2>Confidentiality and IPR handling</h2>
- <p>Matters related to Confidentiality and IPR handling will be defined
+ <p>Matters related to Confidentiality and IPR handling have been defined
in the ``Consortium Agreement''. As regards literature papers
- originated from work in the Project, there will be two
+ originated from work in the Project, there are two
categories of papers:</p>
<ol>
<li>Project Endorsed Publications, requiring notification and approval by
project Consortium and, if required by the PCC, a disclaimer that
the views are not necessarily those of the Consortium.</li>
</ol>
- <p>Concerning possible contributions to Standards, they will be
+ <p>Concerning possible contributions to Standards, they are
directly submitted by project members.</p>
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