nsf earthcube charrette june 12-14, 2012
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Governance roadmap. NSF EarthCube Charrette June 12-14, 2012. EarthCube System of Systems – some parts we need, some parts we have. Project Sponsors Portals / CyberInfrastructures Communities of Interest / Communities of Practice. Research Framework. EarthCube Enterprise Support - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NSF EarthCube CharretteJune 12-14, 2012
GOVERNANCE ROADMAP
Research Framework Project Sponsors
Portals / CyberInfrastructures
Communities of Interest / Communities of Practice
Science Advisory - Research Priorities/Allocation- Use Cases Selection- Interoperability Incubator
Digital Government
NSF
Technical Advisory
Layered Architecture
Earth System Models
Workflow
Brokering
REST/Web services
Data Discovery, Mining, & Access
Semantics & Ontologies
EarthCube System of Systems – some parts we need, some parts we have
Standards Development
W3C ISO WMO OGC …
ESIP
IEEE
DOE
NOAAUSGS
…DOD
TeraGrid/XSEDE
EU INSPIRE
GEOSS Digital Libraries …
Communities of Interest / Communities of Practice
Oceans
Geology
Atmosphere Cryosphere
Biology
Hydrology
ClimateEcosystems Software
Education and Workforce
- Academia- Government- Industry- NGOs, Societies- International Groups
“Long tail” sciences
Data Citation/Publishing
Model Citation/Publishing
EarthCube Enterprise Support-Collaboration support(calendar, mail lists, webcast, wiki)-Registries-Life Cycle tools and mgmt
OGC …ESIP
OGC
OGC …ESIP
…
NCEASUnidata
NASA
OGC… ESIP
NEON EarthScope DataONE
CUAHSI IEDA iPlant
Collaboration Support
Org2Org1
OOI
Who makes the decisionsWho sets the standards?Who allocates resources?
Strategic and tactical oversight?Coordination for the enterprise?Ensure community needs met?
Current model
EarthCube Office
Centralized governance
“The Internet has no centralized governance in either technological implementation or policies for access and usage; each constituent network sets its own standards”
Decentralizedgovernance
• EarthCube is a governable community • We have an actionable plan and timeline for
the development of a governance framework• We recommend:
– Putting Governance framework in place first– Forming an interim governance committee ASAP– Making the governance framework operational by
December 2012– Continued and enhanced community engagement
CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Governance refers to the processes, structure and organizational elements that determine, within an organization or system of organizations, how power is exercised, how stakeholders have
their say, how decisions are made, and how decision makers are held
accountable.
OUR DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE
WHO MAKES DECISIONS?
Benevolent Dictatorship Benevolent dictator
EarthCube Monarchy A group of leaders. Could include advisory committees and boards; by-laws
Science and IT Monarchies Individuals or groups of domain scientists or IT experts
Federal Equivalent of the central and state governments working together
Duopoly Interactions between any two system elements
Feudal Each “fiefdom”
Anarchy Individual, user-driven
GOVERNANCE MODELS
Character-istics/ Archetype
Science Drivers & Use Cases
Systems Engineering & Integration
Standards & Policies
Technology drivers & Innovation
Outreach and engagement
Resource availability & allocation
Coordination, Communication, evaluation
Benevolent Dictator
Science monarchy
Tech monarchy
Duopoly
Federal
Feudal
Anarchy
Weill & Ross, 2004
GOVERNANCE AS A SYSTEM
How Enterprises Govern
DECISION
GOVERNANCE ARCHETYPE
IT Principles IT Architecture IT Infrastructure Strategies
Business Application Needs IT Investment
Input Decision Input Decision Input Decision Input Decision Input Decision
Business Monarchy 0 27 0 6 0 7 1 12 1 30
IT Monarchy 1 18 20 73 10 59 0 8 0 9
Feudal 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 18 0 3Federal 83 14 46 4 59 6 81 30 93 27Duopoly 15 36 34 15 30 23 17 27 6 30Anarchy 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1
No Data or Don't Know 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
Most common input pattern for all enterprises.
Most common decision patterns for all enterprises.
The numbers in each cell are percentages of the 256 enterprises studied in twenty-three countries. The columns add to 100 percent.
Case studies - 255 organizations - IT governance
• Determine scope of responsibilities and authorities of Governance Framework for EarthCube
• TIME: begin with Charrette, complete by 15 August
• DELIVERABLE: Document reporting findings and decisions leading to scope of work for Initial Governance Framework
MILESTONES AND TASKS: STEP 1
• Identify interim governance committee in collaboration with stakeholder community
• TIME: begin with Charrette, complete by 15 August
• DELIVERABLE: Document reporting findings and decisions, identifying who is involved
MILESTONES AND TASKS: STEP 2
• Determine the initial Governance Framework and charter
• TIME: Begin 15 Aug complete by 15 Nov
• DELIVERABLE: Initial charter for EarthCube Governance Framework
MILESTONES AND TASKS: STEP 3
• Implement the initial EarthCube Governance Framework
• TIME: Begin 1 Jan 2013• DELIVERABLE: Document reporting
decisions; workshop series
MILESTONES AND TASKS: STEP 4
Scope of Work for Initial Governance Framework
Research Report, Findings, and Decisions on Community
Implementation of the Roadmap; creating Terms of Reference
Solicitation of Terms of Reference
Implementation of the Terms of Reference (end date TBD)
6/12/12 8/1/12 9/20/12 11/9/12 12/29/12 2/17/13 4/8/13 5/28/13
FIGURE 1: GANTT CHART FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EARTHCUBE GOVERNANCE MILESTONES AND TASKS.
Scope of Work for EC Gov Framework
Identify interim governance committee
Determine the initial Governance Framework
Implement the initial EarthCube Governance Framework
Implement the EarthCube Governance Charter
Community Engagement Process
• Interim Governance Committee– Implement Governance Roadmap– Goals:
• Evaluate governance models ranging from:– current status (NSF funds each piece separately)– centralized body – Decentralized approach
GOVERNANCE ROADMAP RECOMMENDATIONS
• Interim governance committee needs to identify:– Current components of cyberinfrastructure
(data and service providers) – Your organizational paradigms & governance
needs– Interactions among CI components them and
between them – Interactions with systems outside of EarthCube,
and the needs of EarthCube consumers • Including 'long tail' of scientists
GOVERNANCE ROADMAP IMPLEMENTATION
• Be flexible to accommodate a range of governance archetypes that meet the needs of each of the sub-discipline communities and achieve the goals of NSF
• Have the ability to address foreseen and unforeseen challenges
• Be able to adequately address requirements identified by the community constituents
EARTHCUBE GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS
• Self-selected or Closely-Held leadership
• Levels of participation
• Types of organizations
CHALLENGES
• Decision-making processes• Incorporate best practices and lessons
learned• Reduce barriers to participation• Collaboration, communication, community• Culture• Form should follow function• Education and outreach• Evolution
GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK CHALLENGES
(Edwards et al. 2007)
DARPA
• Evaluation• Goals and objectives• Governance as a system / multiple levels
of governance• Integration• Interoperability• Leadership • Legal issues• Metrics
GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK CHALLENGES
• Managerial/Operational Governance• Scientific and Technical governance• Sustainability• Risk Mitigation• Scale• Temporal Aspects• Trust• Vision
GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK CHALLENGES
• Conflicting visions of EarthCube goals• Timely implementation of governance
framework• Sufficient funding and NSF commitment• Community buy-in and commitment• Isolated from other infrastructure
activities • Bridging governance archetypes and
communities
RISKS
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
QUESTIONS TO THE AUDIENCE
• What attributes/activities do you need EarthCube to do?
• What do you need from EarthCube governance?
• Do you agree that governance framework should be put in place at the start?
• If that doesn’t happen until early 2013, how would that impact your timeline?
QUESTIONS TO THE AUDIENCE
Character-istics/ Archetype
Science Drivers & Use Cases
Systems Engineering & Integration
Standards & Policies
Technology drivers & Innovation
Outreach and engagement
Resource availability & allocation
Coordination, Communication, evaluation
Benevolent Dictator
Science monarchy
Tech monarchy
Duopoly
Federal
Feudal
Anarchy
Governance as a System
Weill & Ross, 2004
Character-istics/ Archetype
Science Drivers & Use Cases
Systems Engineering & Integration
Standards & Policies
Technology drivers & Innovation
Outreach and engagement
Resource availability & allocation
Coordination, Communication, evaluation
Benevolent Dictator
Science monarchy
X X
Tech monarchy
X X X
Duopoly X X
Federal X
Feudal X
Anarchy
Governance as a System
Weill & Ross, 2004
Who decides on the Governance framework?
How do we choose members of the Interim Governance Committee?
Additional Slides
FIGURE 9:THE U.S. ELECTRIC GRID OVERLAPPING AND INTERLEAVED MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS, WITH ANNOTATIONS FROM THIS STUDY. BASE DIAGRAM FROM WIKIPEDIA, DE:DATEI:STROMVERSORGUNG.PNG
Long-Term Governance of EarthCube??