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WP1

Management and Co-ordination

Task Lead: Brunel University London

Aims & Objectives

The aim of the Work Packages is to ensure a successful delivery of the project. The objectives of WP1 are:

  1. 1 To ensure the effective administrative, financial and technical management of the project
  2. 2 To apply quality assurance measures to all project related procedures and products, and ensure all project results are achieved within the proposed resources, and to ensure timely submission of all contractual deliverables
  3. 3 To strengthen the co-operation and contribution of all project participants
  4. 4 To manage the ethical processes of the field trials and research in general
  5. 5 To coordinate the activities in the project, assure deadlines are met, implement attenuation measures in case of delays or deviations from the original plans and ensure all necessary communication and flow of inputs among work packages and partners is effective and efficient; and to ensure effective administrative management (reporting, budgets, and payments)
  6. 6 To administer ethics and data management and promote gender equality.

Tasks of WP1

The technical work has been structured into several concrete tasks. Review the specific roles, processes, and delivery plans mapped below.

Task 1.1
The project co-ordinator will be responsible for administrative and financial management of the project. The project co-ordinator will be the point of contact with the EC and preside over the Project Management Board (PMB). Administrative management by PMB will guarantee the effective and efficient progress of the work and the quality of the results produced. The PMB will identify potential project problems and propose preventative or corrective actions.
Task 1.2
Scientific and Technical Co-ordination of the project will be assigned to a technical management team who will be responsible to the PMB for the supervision and building of the TranSMKnow consortium web platform incorporating the knowledge transfer and ‘learning’ assets.
Task 1.3
During the project, risks will be constantly assessed and evaluated. Risk management will comprise risk identification (technical or management related risks), evaluation and prioritisation (in terms of occurrence and impact); acceptance of risks (critical risks, medium risks or only problems); reduction and elimination (identification of risk mitigating actions) and monitoring and control of risk mitigating actions and their effects. Risk management will be the responsibility of the PMB.
Task 1.4
The QA task is concerned with investigation and adoption of quality standards that will allow the assessment of the project achievements as well as measures required for the accomplishment of these. Means of verification (e.g. sources of data, organisational metrics [productivity, time]) will be used to measure progress of research goals. Project objectives will be systematically analysed to identify critical requirements and best practices. Several internal quality audits will be carried out at regular intervals to ensure that all partners involved adhere to the project directives. A quality manager from the PMB will be responsible for implementing quality assurance processes. For technical deliverables [e.g. training packages and Algorithms], the quality manager may appoint external reviewers to ensure high quality of scientific contribution from the project.
Task 1.5
This task is aimed at implementing actions required to be compliant with strict ethical procedures and recommendations by Brunel University’s dedicated research ethics body BREO, in relation to field trials on human users (manufacturers, retailers, users) to be conducted in Vietnam and Europe, and data protection.