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© 2013 - all rights reservedby DLR e.V. and Thelsys GmbH
10 Challenges of EU Research Projects …
… and How to Surmount Them
Dr. Martin SpieckDLR – German Aerospace Center
Hamburg
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Köln-Porz
Lampoldshausen
Stuttgart
Oberpfaffenhofen
Göttingen
Bonn
Trauen
Hamburg
Neustrelitz
Weilheim
ETW
DNW
Braunschweig
Bad Godesberg
Augsburg
Stade DLR is Germany's national research centre for aeronautics and space. 7400 employees 32 research institutes / scientific institutionslocated at8 sites,8 locations, and agencies in Brussels, Paris, Washington and Tokyo.
Participation of DLR at:European Transonic Wind Tunnel (ETW) Deutsch-Niederländische Windkanäle (DNW)
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(1) Research projects are special.
Start zone of ambiguity?
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(2) There is no „silver bullet“ for proposals.
project planmarketing
popular sciencebusiness planwww.asterix.com
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(3) A proposal has a target audience of three: the evaluators.
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(4) Smart project planning aligns individual agendas with the overall objectives.
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(5) It is not a good idea to focus on everything.
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methodology
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(5) It is not a good idea to focus on everything.
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time
methodology
tools results
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(5) It is not a good idea to focus on everything.
level
time
methodology
tools results
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expert
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(5) It is not a good idea to focus on everything.
level
time
methodology
tools results
average
advanced
expert
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(5) It is not a good idea to focus on everything.
level
time
methodology
tools results
average
advanced
expert
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classicalanalysis
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sophisticatedapproach
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(5) It is not a good idea to focus on everything.
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(6) Efficient management of large projects: the „project of projects“
WP 1
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WP 1
WP A-2
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WP 5
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(7) Smart reporting: administrative duties do not have to be a bureaucratic burden.
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(8) The purpose of a meeting is not to meet, it is to work.
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(9) Always keep your officer informed.
... and in the experiment, the laboratory exploded
just as planned … … everything is just on
schedule … … no need to worry, really!
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(10)Mind the gap!Traps which migth be fatal for your project…
scope creep „Is it O.K. to add just some features?“
lip service support „We‘ll do everything we can…“exit of stakeholders „This number is temporarily
unavailable.“loss of key personnel „Joe is no longer working here,
but Jack has seen once how to do it…“
political / dark agendas
… when failing is success.
…
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“Here comes Edward Bear now, down the stairs behind Christopher Robin. Bump! Bump! Bump! on the back of his head. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming down stairs. He is sure that there must be a better way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment to think of it.“
A.A. Milne, “Winnie The Pooh”, 1926