[Sbs] Please read: Milestones for off-program components

[John R.M. Annand]

Hi Brian,

sorry that I did not make last Wednesday's meeting. We are in the middle 
of starting an extended run at Mainz. I will provide some milestones on 
the timing hodoscope next week.

           Regards, John

On 15/11/13 04:30, Brian Quinn wrote:
> Dear SBS collaborators,
>
>       As discussed at yesterday's SBS collaboration weekly meeting, the
> DOE review committee has asked for a list of milestones for the
> off-program components (and for the scintillator Coordinate Detector).
> We added two more off-program items (Timing Hodoscope and FastBus
> DAQ).  These need to be incorporated with the SBS program milestones and
> reported to DOE by Jan. 1.
>
>      Here is a list of the projects, with a the names of people I'm asking
> to take responsibility for assembling a list of milestones:
>
>            Front tracker  --  Evaristo Cisbani
>            3He target  --  Gordon Cates
>            HCal-J  --  Gregg Franklin
>            GRINCH  --  Todd Averett
>            Segmented Timing Hodoscope - John Annand
>            ECal -- Bogdan Wojtsekowski
>            Coordinate Detector  --  Mahbub Khandaker
>            FastBus DAQ -- Alex Camsonne
>
>     We will go over first drafts of these lists in the weekly meeting and/or
> the CC meeting on Wednesday Nov. 20.  If your name is given for a
> component, please prepare a list of milestones and projected dates (in
> consultation with the other people and other institutions involved) and
> send a first draft to me by 5pm Tuesday.  A simple text list in an email
> would be fine.
>
>     The names assigned for each project are certainly NOT intended to
> neglect the fact that other collaborators and other institutions are
> playing important roles in the components.  It was necessary to ask one
> person to take responsibility for preparing each list.  If the person
> named is unable to undertake the task in this short time-frame or just
> thinks someone else would a more appropriate choice, I ask that you find a
> suitable alternate who will agree to undertake the responsibility and that
> you let me know who.
>
>       The milestones need not describe details of the steps of the activity,
> but should contain enough points of reference so it will be possible for
> the committee to judge whether we are on schedule.  Also, it should give
> time estimates for any dates which are important for interfacing with the
> SBS project and other off-project components. Bogdan suggests this
> guideline:  one milestone should be a completion date (a little before the
> component is needed), another should be a short-term milestone which you
> expect to reach by next August, or before, so the next DOE review can
> judge progress.  With one or two intermediate milestones, that should do
> it.
>
>     		Thanks,
>     		Brian
>
>
>

-- 
Dr. John R.M. Annand                 Phone +44 141 330 6428
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland, UK.              Email: john.annand at glasgow.ac.uk