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GDE Monthly Project Management Report for December 2008
Contents
1. Project Manager’s Report
2. Report from Peter Garbincius
a. Triad Cost Management Tool
b. ILC/CLIC Cost & Schedule Joint Working Group
c. Understanding Impact of Gamma-Gamma Configuration
There were no Technical Area Systems Monthly Meetings in December
Project Manager's Report
December saw critical installation and testing milestones pass at both CesrTA and Atf2. Both
expect commissioning and operation to be in full swing in January 2009. Atf and Atf2
preparation and planning was reviewed at the Project meeting at Kek Dec 15-18.
December also saw the first ILC/XFEL CFS meeting, held at Desy early in the month. The Euro-
Xfel project civil construction has now begun and we reviewed their system criteria and design
choices (tunnel safety, water cooling, electrical power, ventilation and etc) at this meeting.
The Project Managers have started preparations for the Technical Design Phase - 1 Review, to
be held in mid-April in Tsukuba. The review is to be done by the 'Accelerator Advisory Panel'
(AAP), chaired by Bill Willis and co-chaired by Eckhard Elsen. In contrast to a more familiar
review style, where a sitting panel spends a few concentrated days perusing freshly assembled
material and listening to a sequence of talks, the AAP will spend several weeks before the
review going material we are now starting to assemble. By the time April comes around we will
have initial feedback from them, in the form of questions, which we will try to answer in our
presentations.
The December monthly report is a short one, consisting only of this text and a short report on
project management tool development authored by Peter Garbincius. This is because most of
the Technical Area Group Leader tele-conference meetings were not held in December. For
January, we will revert to the earlier style of these reports and include minutes and summaries
from these tele-conferences.
Marc Ross