An Agile Approach to Development of
Cyberinfrastructure Governance
Lee Allison, Genevieve Pearthree, and Kim Patten
EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance Project
NSF GEO Vision report, 2009
EARTHCUBE PURPOSE & CALL TO ACTION
Holistic approach to understand more deeply the planet and its interactions
Explore knowledge from all scientific and engineering disciplines
CALL TO ACTION: “Over the next decade, the geosciences community commits to developing a framework to understand and predict responses of the Earth as a system—from the space-atmosphere boundary to the core, including the influences of humans and ecosystems.”
EARTHCUBE VISION Transform the conduct of
data-enabled geoscience-related research
Create effective community-driven cyberinfrastructure
Allow global data discovery and knowledge management
Achieve interoperability and data integration across disciplines
Dynamic Earth
Changing Climate
Earth & Life
Geosphere-Biospheric Connection
Water: Changing Perspectiv
es
EARTHCUBE IS…
Building on and leverage existing science & cyberinfrastructure
Community-driven > 2,500 participants and growing
All geosciences domains represented New round of awards made
September 2013 Test Enterprise Governance (1)
Research Coordination Networks (3)
Building Blocks (9)
Conceptual Designs (2)
EarthCube governance is a blank canvas
We are looking to you to draw the future
EARTHCUBE ENTERPRISE TEST GOVERNANCE
An agile approach to design a system that catalyzes the field and works for you
How do we bring your tools, standards, and skills into EarthCube?
2-year community engagement, testing, and demonstration process
Stakeholders (Assembly) – governance
ideas, testing
Integrate stakeholder concepts -
crowdsource
Synthesize and
recommend to NSF
Establish Test Governance
Facilitate convergence on system design, data standards
Evaluate results: basis for long
term governance
Governance timeline – Year 2
Governance timeline – Year 1
Broad Geosciences Community
(> 300,000 people)Assembly,
including NSF Awards (150 - 200 people)
Governance Project Team
(30 people)
EARTHCUBE TEST GOVERNANCE: TARGET COMMUNITY
Figure 1: EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance Organization Chart Phase 1 – Planning
EARTHCUBE TEST GOVERNANCE - A VIRTUAL TEAM
“Executive Branch”
“Legislative Body”
Test Governance
Project Secretariat
Assembly&
Assembly Advisory Council
An unbiased, objective
process to get your input and propose a solution
Industry & FOSS:
Instrumentation, Software,
and Technology Developers
Data Facilities& Users
Professional Societies
IT/CS/ Information Scientists
End-User Communities &
Workshop Participants
EarthCube Portfolio
Assembly
AdvisoryCouncil
(10-12 members)
Research Science Communities
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): CROWDSOURCING
To be decided by you in Year 1
DEMONSTRATION GOVERNANCE (YEAR 2)
Coming soon – new website
A CALL FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT
• Upcoming community workshops: Jan – March 2014
• Crowdsourcing:
• Virtual table-top gaming exercises
• Feedback on governance models
• www.earthcube.org
• Look for us at AGU, AMS, Ocean Sciences