Objectives

Methodology

The project management system that will be adopted for the implementation of the CAE e-LEARN project will address the needs of a structure with varying working cultures and level of involvement in the project tasks. The success of the project and its smooth progress are dependent on the set-up of a well co-ordinate and efficient management structure.

In order to monitor the good process of the project, the consortium has established three main kinds of management body:

Decision-making body

There are two levels in the decision-making structure:

The Steering Committee: the upper level of management, composed by one senior representative with decision-making capacity from each project partner and the Project Manager. The Steering Committee gives the strategic guidelines to the Project Manager and steers the project at a high level, makes strategic decisions and it is ultimately responsible for both reviewing deliverables and resolving any potential conflict of interests occurring during the project’s execution. The chairman of the Steering Committee will be the representative of the applicant (UOC)

The Technical Office, formed for the Project Manager and the Staff Team is in charge of the overall project co-ordination, producing timely results and building quality into the work process, such as to meet satisfactorily the Commission's requirements. The main responsibilities will be: to design and organise the overall project, to supervise the plan and monitor performance, check coherence with the work plan, to be in charge of key presentations and reports, to liaise with the Commission services, and to be in charge of the finances of the project. The Project Manager will report to the Steering Committee.

Operative body

The operative body comprises technical experts from the Consortium organisations. They will be able to define the best solution within the identified constraints of the work packages, convince those with technical responsibility in the Commission of the merits of the solutions, take clear responsibility for the implementation of the selected solutions, and attend to the audits to present results of corresponding packages

Consultant body

The consultant body is composed of technical experts hired in order to transfer their specific knowledge to the project. They must carry out their tasks conforming to the work described in the project’s work plan, and are specialists selected to assist the corresponding work package Leaders. The profiles will vary according to the domains and concrete phases of the project.

Procedures for internal evaluation

The internal evaluation will consist in evaluating CAE e-LEARN project in order to identify necessary enhancements to its service’s functions and methods. The project understands by the evaluation of project results the certification that the methodologies, prototype and best practices developed in the context of the project do work when applied. In this sense, the pilot test, taking place at SEAMOLEC Office, will constitute the prime source of information for the evaluation of the service. Likewise, evaluation will take place during all the duration of the project and an evaluation plan will be defined based on the quality criteria.

Involvement of the partners