Large Project Experience Key Ingredients to Success August 3, 2017 Jim Yeck University of Wisconsin - Madison 4 th SCAR AAA Workshop 2017
Large Project Experience
Key Ingredients to Success
August 3, 2017
Jim Yeck
University of Wisconsin - Madison
4th SCAR AAA Workshop 2017
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Introduction
Early years on a small farm in Illinois
Formative years – Peace Corps volunteer, grad student, and
DOE intern
• Northeastern Thailand, Chicago
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Introduction
Early years on a small farm in Illinois
Formative years – Peace Corps volunteer, grad student, and
DOE intern
• Northeastern Thailand, Chicago
Early career – Federal Project Manager
• Princeton, New York, Chicago
Mid Career – Contractor Project Manager
• Madison, New York, Berkeley, Sweden
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Project Resume
Infrastructure Project Purpose Cost/Circa for CD-3 Funding Role
Compact Ignition Tokamak (CIT) at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Fusion Energy Science
$330M 1988 DOE
DOE Acting Project Manager
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven Lab (BNL) Nuclear Physics
$600M 1991 DOE + NSF + Int
DOE Project Manager
US Large Hadron Collider (USLHC) In-kind delivered to CERN
High Energy Physics
$530M 1998 DOE & NSF
DOE Project Director
IceCube Neutrino Observatory at South Pole
Particle Astrophysics
$300M 2005 NSF + Int
U of Wisconsin – Project Director
National Synchrotron Light Source II at BNL Photon Source
$900M 2008 DOE + NIH
BNL - Deputy Project Director
Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL)
Physics, Biology, and Engineering
$750M 2010 NSF + Private
U of Cal – Associate Project Director
European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden Neutron Source
$2,500M 2014 European States
ESS ERIC – Director General & CEO
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Compact Ignition Tokamak
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
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US Large Hadron Collider Project
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory
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National Synchrotron Light Source II
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
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European Spallation Source
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Key Ingredients to success
Facility is a priority of the science community!
Strong funding agency commitments and host role
Project leaders viewed as enabling success of others
Establish realistic goals – “Experience over hope”
Credibility through openness and transparency
Collective ownership of problems and solutions
Populate organization with critical experience
Success requires energy and enthusiasm!
Project leaders who prioritize on schedule performance and exhibit behaviour
that is consistent with a “project culture” are likely to be successful!
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Projects evaluated against the ingredients
Project
#1
Priority of Science
Community
#2
Strong Agency Commitment & Host Role
#3 Leaders
Enable the Success of
Others
#4
Experience Over Hope
#5
Openness and Trans-
parency
#6
Collective Owner-
ship
#7 & #8
Experience, Energy &
Enthusiasm Outcome
CIT ✖
RHIC ✔
USLHC ✔
IceCube ✔
NSLS II ✔
DUSEL ✖ ?
ESS ?
The IceCube
Collaboration
includes > 300
researchers from
47 institutes in
12 countries.
IceCube is one
of the NSF’s
large facilities
(LIGO, LSST, … 2
dozen others).
The Operations
and
Management of
the facility is
handled by
WIPAC at UW-
Madison
WIPAC Education & Outreach Advisory Panel
Science Advisory CommitteeB. Barish, Caltech, Chair
Software & Computing Advisory PanelM. Ernst, Brookhaven, Chair
University of Wisconsin – Madison
R. Blank, ChancellorM. Mailick, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE)
Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC)K. Hanson, Executive DirectorK. Gislason, HR, Busnss&AdminS. Bravo Gallart / M. Madsen, CommunicationsN. Irland, Business IT Support
International Oversight and Finance GroupNational Science
Foundation
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
F. Halzen, Principal Investigator
K. Hanson, Director of Operations
A. Karle, Associate Director for Science & Instrumentation
J. Madsen, Associate Director for Education & Outreach
Maintenance & OperationsCoordination Committee Chair, P. Desiati
Resource Coordinator, C. VakhninaSoftware Coordination, A. Olivas
Collaboration BoardSpokesperson & Executive Committee Chair,
O. Botner (Uppsala)Deputy Spokesperson, T. DeYoung (MSU)Publication Com. Chair, D. Grant (Alberta) Speakers Com. Chair, E. Resconi (Munich)Beyond Deep Core Upgrades Coordinators,
D. Grant (Alberta) & D. Cowen (Penn State)
Detector M&O – J. Kelley, UW ManagerRun Coordination, M. Kauer (UW)DAQ, D. Glowacki (UW) Supernova DAQ, V. Baum / B. Eberhardt (Mainz)Processing & Filtering, E. Blaufuss (Maryland)IceTop Operations, S. Tilav (Delaware)IceCube Live, M. Frère (UW)Calibration, D. Williams (Alabama) / K. Mase (Chiba)
TFT Coordination – A. Hallgren (Uppsala)
Data Processing CoordinationData Processing, J. Oertlin (UW)Offline Processing Software (2013), C. Kopper (Alberta) &
N. Wandkowsky (UW)IceTray Framework/Development, D. LaDieu (Maryland)Database Development Systems, G. Kohnen (Mons)
South Pole Logistics/R&D Support – J. Haugen (UW)
Computing & Data Management – G. Merino,UW ManagerOperations Coord. & Cybersecurity, S. Barnet (UW) South Pole System & Test System, R. Auer (UW)Data Transfer Systems, P. Meade (UW)Data Storage Systems, I. Saunders (UW)Data Management, J. Bellinger (UW)High Throughput Computing, V. Brik (UW)Networking and Facilities, P. Wisniewski (UW)Data Archive at DESY, K. Leffhalm (DESY)
Simulation Production – P. Desiati, UW ManagerProduction Coordinator, J.C. Diaz-Velez (UW)Simulation Programs, A. Olivas (Maryland)
Collaboration Simulation Production Centers:
April 11, 2016
Research & Physics Analysis
Analysis Coordinator –E. Blaufuss (Maryland)
Working Groups:MuonsCascades & TausCosmic-RayPoint SourceEHE and Diffuse Neutrinos Gamma-ray BurstBeyond the Standard ModelSupernovaLow-Energy / Neutrino Osc.
Belgium: IIHE-Brussels, UGent-Ghent; Canada: WestGrid(Alberta)Germany: DESY, Aachen, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Mainz, BochumSweden: SWEGRID; US: UW (npx3, GLOW, CHTC, GZK), UMD, UDEL, LBNL/NERSC, UCI, PSU, SUBR(LONI)
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Questions
Project leaders who prioritize on schedule performance and
consistently exhibit behaviours that are consistent with a “project
culture” are likely to be successful!