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Help and support: Malgorzata Krakowian  malgorzata.krakowian@egi.eu (Quality Manager)


This page is providng rules regarding organization, communication and recording of work within EGI-Engage project.



Project communication and outputs

All output produced by staff active within EGI-Engage (funded and unfunded effort) must be recorded so that it can be reported by the project.

The following rules must be used:

Meetings

The meetings must be recorded in the EGI Indico server and all presentations and material provided for the meeting, including any minutes, must be attached to the appropriate agenda page.

Presentations and posters

Presentations and/or posters presented at other meetings attended by EGI-Engage staff must be recorded in the EGI Document Repository and EGI-Engage templates must be used. 

A link to the meeting and a summary of the outcome should be recorded in the ‘notes’ section of the document.

A dedicated EGI-Engage tag is available to qualify documents, milestones, papers, presentations and other documentation relevant to the project.


Mailing lists

As the majority of the communication within the project will be electronic having a coherent record of that work is essential.

All mailing lists must use the EGI.eu based mailing lists which allow groups defined within the single sign on to be linked to mailing lists, access to wiki space, document access, etc.

Mailing lists to be used within EGI-Engage project:

  • egi-engage-po@egi.eu: EGI-Engage project office
  • egi-engage-cb@mailman.egi.eu: SSO based. EGI-Engage Collaboration Board
  • egi-engage-financial@mailman.egi.eu: SSO based. EGI-Engage
  • egi-engage-pmb@mailman.egi.eu: SSO based. EGI-Engage Project Management Board (to be populated)
  • egi-engage-amb@mailman.egi.eu: SSO based. EGI-Engage Activity Management Board members - composed of WP leaders.
  • egi-engage-members@mailman.egi.eu: SSO based. SSO based. Includes all members of EGI-Engage project including people registered to EGI-Engage-related mailing lists

If needed mailing list related to EGI-engage project should start with egi-engage-

Requirement and actions gathering

Requirements and actions gathering should be performed through EGI RT system

Websites

www.egi.eu

www.egi.eu is the main website for the project. A dedicated set of project pages is being prepared. It is used mainly for all ‘official’ ‘static’ content.

http://www.egi.eu/about/egi-engage/

wiki.egi.eu

The wiki has group based access control provided through the EGI SSO system. This can be used for all dynamic content being maintained or developed within each project activity.

EGI-Engage Project main wiki page: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI-Engage:Main_Page
Content:

  • description of the project
  • work packages dedicated pages (tasks, contacts, deliverables, milestones) Please do not change structure of the page.
  • milestones and deliverables
  • quality assurance 

Third party websites

Other third party websites or wikis should not be used to host EGI-Engage related material in order that the egi.eu domain becomes the definitive source of project information. Individual services supported by EGI.eu will have their own hostname in the egi.eu domain.

Templates

All EGI-Engage templates can be found under http://www.egi.eu/about/logo_templates/index.html

Other

All tools availabe for EGI-Engage to be used are listed under EGI Collaboration tools

Document management

Document naming convention

  • Filenames

Filenames must use the following format in order to link any item back to other versions placed in the document repository. The filename format is:

EGI-Engage-<DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER>-V<VERSION>

DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER The document identifier is dependent on the document type. If the document is:
  • Deliverable: Use the deliverable name: e.g. D1.1, D5.5, etc.
  • Milestone: Use the milestone name: e.g. M1.2, M5.4, etc.
  • Activity: Use the activity code: e.g. SA1, NA3, etc.
  • Committee/Board: Use an acronym based on the committee or board name: e.g. TCB, OMB, UCB, SPG, etc.
  • Other: If the source of the material cannot be identified then ignore this section.
VERSION This is the version number generated by the document repository for the particular repository identifier.


Example: EGI-Engage-M3.1-V1.0.pdf


  • Document titles

The title of documents uploaded to document repository must be in the following format:

<DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER> Title (from the first page of the document)

Example: M3.1 User Support Contacts


Metadata management

Document metadata 

The first page of the document (along with the header and footer) contains metadata that needs to be reviewed and completed:

  • Title: This must be the title of the milestone or deliverable as described in the Description of Work.
  • Deliverable/Milestone code: e.g. D1.1 or M1.1. Delete if not required.
  • Document identifier: With a correctly formulated filename (see ‘Naming Convention’) this field can be updated in MS Word by highlighting, right clicking and selecting ‘Update Field’.
  • Date: This field records the last date the document was saved and can be updated in MS Word by highlighting, right clicking and selecting ‘Update Field’.
  • Activity: Enter the work package name (WP1, WP2, etc.) that is producing this document.
  • Lead Partner: Enter the recognised shortname within the EGI-Engage project of the lead partner.
  • Document Status: This will move through the following states for milestones and deliverables:
    • TOC (Table of Contents)
    • Draft
    • Review
    • AMB/PMB Review
    • Final
  • Document Link: The URL in the EGI document repository that provides access to the document.
  • Abstract: An abstract describing the document’s contents and main conclusions. On submission of the final version this should be entered into the relevant field in the repository metadata.

The document title must be repeated into the header and before submitting a new version to the document repository the date and filename fields in the header must be updated.

Repository metadata

When creating the entry in the document repository there are a number of compulsory metadata fields that need to be completed. These should be copied from the document metadata where duplicated:

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Notes and changes
  • Media type
  • Submitter: Select the person submitting the document.
  • Authors: Select the people involved in writing significant portions of the document.
  • View: Select the groups able to view the document. Documents that are drafts may be restricted to the groups within the project that are working on the document. Documents that are complete must be marked public unless they are marked for distribution just inside the project.
  • Modify: The ‘office’ group must me marked as able to modify the document.
  • Topics: Select the topics relevant for the material. These will generally include ‘EGI-Engage’, committee/board that the material is coming from
    • Any inout from EGI-Engage would minimally have the topics ‘EGI-Engage’
    • There are also documents that are generated within the community that go beyond the scope of just the EGI-Engage project (e.g. operational policy documents) would minimally have the topics from ‘EGI’ category selected.

Access to documents

Access to internal or confidential documents is controlled at SSO group level, with SSO IDs being assigned to particular groups depending on their permissions to view or modify documents. Public documents are available to all, without restriction or the requirement to log in. Restricted documents can only be viewed and/or modified by logging in using an account with the correct permissions.

Content guidelines

All documents will be written in English and use document formats described in the following section. In addition to the fields and sections already described in the document template, deliverables must include an Executive Summary and, if required, one or more Annexes. References to external document and a Glossary to terms not listed on the website must be recorded. The correct capitalisation of the project name is EGI-Engage. English date format must be used (DD/MM/YYYY) when required.


All output from the project (paper or presentation) must include the phrase:

EGI-Engage is co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme  of the European Union under grant number 654142

unless the output is using one of the recognised project templates where appropriate acknowledgements are already included.

Formats and tools

The following tools and formats will be recognised within the project:

  • Word Processing: ‘Word Format’ allowing its use on MS Office on Windows/Mac and OpenOffice on Linux
  • Spreadsheet: ‘Excel Format’ allowing the use of MS Office on Windows/Mac.
  • Presentation: ‘Powerpoint Format’ allowing the use of MS Office on Windows/Mac.

Final version of all formal documents (milestones and deliverables) must be available in PDF format.

Glossary

Copyright

See Copyrights wiki page

Review process for deliverables and milestones

Roles

Reviewer: Responsible for providing a review of the document on the EGI review form so that responses from the document authors to the reviewer can be tracked. A change tracked version of the document can be provided with corrections for spelling, formatting and other minor issues. The reviewer is generally from the activity and organisation that is not responsible for producing the document.

Moderator: Responsible for deciding in cases of conflicting reviews, which elements of a review must be implemented by the author. The decision to follow or reject a reviewer’s comment must be tracked in the review document. The moderator is normally an EGI-Engage taskleader not from the activity producing the document. Moderator is also reviewer.

Editor: The person from the activity and the partner who is responsible for the document. They may rely on others within the activity to provide the information. The editor cannot be a moderator or reviewer.

Quality Manager (QM): The project office provides administrative support for the process.

Shepherd: The shepherd is a member of the AMB who is responsible for overseeing the production of the document. They will work with the Editor to ensure that the work is done in a timely manner, and report to the AMB on its progress. Normally the activity manager or their deputy.

AMB Chair: This is Technical Director, or their deputy.

[NOTE: an individual could hold one or more of these roles if they are not in conflict with each other.]

Review Process

The review process is identical for milestones and deliverables except for:

  • Milestones are expected to have 2 reviews – from the moderator and reviewer - 1 external, 1 AMB member.
  • Deliverables are expected to have 3 reviews – from two reviewers and the moderator - 1 external, 1 PMB member, 1 AMB member.

The reviewers are drawn (one from each of EGI’s functional areas not involved in its production) from EGI’s functional areas (i.e. Operations, User Community, Technology and Policy).

Process (short version):

  • 7 weeks ahead – ToC
  • 5 weeks ahead – Draft Complete
  • START: 4 weeks ahead - END: 2 weeks ahead – Start Review
  • 2 weeks ahead – At AMB
  • 1 week ahead – At PMB
  • at EC

Process (full version):

Time before submission Person Action RT Action
>2 months
QM
Assign ticket in EGI RT to WP leader responsible for the document
Assigned to WP leader
2 months Shepherd Assign Editor
Remains blank with CC to editor
7 weeks Shepherd

Ensure

  • the editor has provided the table of contents (optionally including notes as to the contents of each section)
  • ToC has been circulated through AMS mailing list for comments
  • the document is stored in DoCDB
Set state to ToC
6 weeks Shepherd Shepherd is aware a draft
  • is available in the repository
  • is under active development with revisions from the contributors
Set state to Draft
5 weeks Shepherd

The draft

  • is stable
  • is undergoing review within the activity
  • is nearly complete
Set state to Internal Review
4 weeks Shepherd The document is ready for external review.

Set state to External Review

Immediately Shepherd

Shepherd

  • notifies reviewer(s), moderator and AMB that the document is available for review
  • confirm expected review completion date with reviewers

Please use

Enter completion date as Due Date in RT
Immediately Shepherd Notify the Editor that review is complete Set state to Being Revised
Immediately Editor Notify the Shepherd an updated document is available Set state to External Review
Immediately Shepherd

The external review is complete.

Notify the AMB that the document has completed external review

Set state to AMB Review
1 week AMB Chair The PMB is emailed that the document is available for the PMB to review for 1 week Set state to PMB Review
Deadline
A clean PDF version of the document is generated by the QM and placed in the document repository with updated meta-data Set state to With EC


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