Proposal for our mission statement

The MissionStatement is the agreement about goals of the FAIR Controls Advisory Board that has to be founded in near future.

Members: Responsible persons of Accelerator, Experiments and Infrastructure

The discussion was started during the MeetingDec012005. We should discuss this proposal in our discussion forum->Controls and summarize the results in this document.

Possible topics:

1. Synergy by standardization of controls in hard- and software
   1. Conflict: Tailored solution <-> Frameworked standardization
2. Advantages must be obvious to the collaboration partners:
   1. Help in project management, e.g.
      1. Collection of primary requirements and their analysis
      2. Discussion of solution proposals and risk analysis
      3. ...
   2. Consulting and access to controls knowledge base
      1. Check lists for activities during the life time of projects.
      2. ...
   3. Communication platform to enhance the attractiveness
      1. Organization of meetings and talks
      2. Discussion forum
      3. This Wiki-Web
   4. Development of prototypes to gain experience to prepare:
      1. Recommendations of tools and their support.
   5. Training for frameworks
   6. Design in support

The results of the previous topics aim at obtaining mandatory agreements!

-- HolgerBrand - 01 Dec 2005