Part of the "Management Challenges in Research Infrastructures" module, available at http://training.parthenos-project.eu/

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Introduction to the management
concerns of infrastructures
ESU Leipzig, 2016
Dr Jennifer Edmond
Trinity College Dublin

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There are things PRINCE 2 won’t tell you
PRojects IN Controlled Environments:
https://www.prince2.com/uk/prince2-
processes
PROJECT Management (assumes certain
edges)
- closed world
- no epistemic stake
- firmer goals
Edison (Data Science as a shared
element?), RITrain as an alternative models?
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Axes of Complexity
- Who does the RI bring together?
- Who is it built for? How fast are their requirements shifting?
- Who is building it? Team(s)? Institution(s)? How is this regulated?
- What expertise do you need? How do you recruit and develop these
people?
- What background knowledge do you need?
- Corporate expectations vs place of ‘professorware’
- What are the input elements?
- How many places do they need to be drawn from?
- How well funded are you?
- Who is in charge and what is their skill set?
- How is success or impact to be defined or measured? (PESTE, ouput,
citations or other?) Is it even clear?
- How much time do you have?
- What is expected of you after adjournment?
- Balance of people/things/data? Does this leave out the domain aspects?
- …

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Infrastructures are like Elephants
How do you define and communicate their
value?
How do you ensure they meet user needs?
How do you sustain them?
How do you develop them in a complex
environment?
How do you hire and retain the right people?
ONE BITE AT A TIME!
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RITrain
RItrain will develop a flagship training
programme enabling RIs across all domains to
gain expertise on governance, organisation,
financial and staff management, funding, IP,
service provision and outreach in an
international context. It will be designed and
delivered by experts who have set up and
managed RIs from concept to maturity. We will
define competencies required by RIs through
consultation with their senior managers. The
resulting competency framework will underpin
a Bologna-compliant degree, the Master in
Research Infrastructure Management (RI Train
Poster)

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RITrain
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