EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance: An Agile Approach

该测试企业治理项目概述了一个敏捷模型，用于识别，测试和评估治理模型，以管理地球科学网络基础设施的发展。该模式寻求EarthCube利益相关方的广泛参与，以确定和评估治理模式，同时寻求咨询委员会和评估机制的评估和交叉检查。该提案在EarthCube利益相关方范围内采用迭代部署，以鼓励透明度，共识和包容性。利益攸关方团体的广泛联盟将组成“大会？作为第一阶段评估和测试治理模型的初步场所，而“秘书处”将作为整个项目的协调机构，履行规划、组织、沟通和报告等职责，并作为先验治理测试场景本身。为确保最终用户更广泛地参与评价治理模式，在2008年设立了“众包？在第二阶段，将部署一个社区选择的测试治理试点。将对组织结构进行论证和评估。与第二阶段示范有关的结构和活动将在很大程度上取决于第一阶段的结果。测试治理演示的作用是促进社区在参考架构、标准程序和新出现的EarthCube元素之间的协调方面的融合。测试企业治理的敏捷方法有可能通过为地球科学网络基础设施的治理提供社区指导的解决方案来推进知识。它打算纳入多个科学学科，并鼓励早期职业科学家更广泛地参与。该提案鼓励跨学科研究和发现，不仅包括核心科学学科，而且包括计算机和信息科学，通过建立一个协作的虚拟实践社区，该提案将使分散的知识社区能够进行合作，汇集资源，并跨学科、地理和文化共同努力。基于NSF在网络基础设施方面的现有投资，该提案允许并使以前未参与网络基础设施讨论的各种最终用户能够定义期望、决策和领导过程，为地球科学提供可扩展和可升级的可持续和可适应的网络基础设施。测试企业治理的一个重要职责是促进地球科学界与网络基础设施、数据政策和标准有关的活动，以及与这些问题有关的外联活动。该项目将提供网络服务、论坛和其他参与活动，以促进这一外联活动。

This project for Test Enterprise Governance outlines an agile model to identify, test and evaluate governance models to manage the development of Geosciences cyberinfrastructure. This model seeks broad engagement and participation of the EarthCube stakeholders to define and assess governance models while seeking evaluation and cross-checks from advisory committees and evaluation mechanisms.This proposal employs an iterative deployment across the range of EarthCube stakeholders to encourage transparency, consensus, and inclusiveness. A broad coalition of stakeholder groups will comprise the "Assembly? to serve as a preliminary venue for evaluating and testing governance models in Stage I, while a "Secretariat" will act as the coordinating body throughout the project, carrying out duties such as planning, organizing, communicating, and reporting and serve as an a priori governance test scenario itself. To ensure broader end-user participation in evaluating governance models, a "Crowd-Source? approach will be used for members not involved in the Assembly.In Stage II, a community selected test governance pilot will be deployed. The organizational structure will be demonstrated and evaluated. The structure and activities related to Stage II demonstration will depend heavily on the outcomes of Stage I. The role of the test governance demonstration is to facilitate community convergence on a reference architecture, procedures for standards, and coordination among emerging EarthCube elements. The agile approach for Test Enterprise Governance has the potential to advance knowledge by providing community-guided solutions to the governance of cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences. It intends to incorporate multiple science disciplines and encourage broader participation of early career scientists. This proposal encourages cross-disciplinary research and discovery, not only across core science disciplines but also the computer and information sciences.By building a collaborative, virtual community of practice, this proposal will enable distributed knowledge communities to cooperate, pool resources and work together across disciplines, geography, and cultures. Building upon existing NSF investments in cyberinfrastructure, this proposal allows for, and enables, a diverse set of end users previously unengaged in discussions within cyberinfrastructure - to define expectations, decision-making and leadership processes, leading to a sustainable and adaptable cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences that is extensible and scalable.A significant responsibility of the Test Enterprise Governance is facilitation of geosciences community activities related to cyberinfrastructure, data policies and standards, and outreach related to these issues. The project will provide web services, forum and other engagement activities to facilitiate this outreach.