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1 | 1 | --- |
2 | | -title: "Abstract" |
3 | | -description: "Doing 'better research in less time' by following modern collaboration, open, and planning practices." |
| 2 | +title: "WP1: Better research in less time" |
| 3 | +description: "Doing 'better research in less time' by following ensuring reproducibility, being open, and using modern collaborative, operational, and project management practices." |
4 | 4 | --- |
5 | 5 |
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| 6 | +::: callout-important |
| 7 | +More detailed documentation on this particular work package can be |
| 8 | +found on the webpage [here](https://dp-next.github.io/wp1-ros/). |
| 9 | +::: |
| 10 | + |
6 | 11 | Science, while generating cutting-edge knowledge, lags behind most |
7 | | -industry settings when it comes to practical, operational aspects. For |
| 12 | +industry settings when it comes to practical, operational aspects that |
| 13 | +aim to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the research lifecycle. For |
8 | 14 | instance, while much of research done now relies heavily on software and |
9 | 15 | computational work, funding agencies rarely fund software and data |
10 | 16 | engineering projects, nor do many research groups hire these highly |
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41 | 47 | needed aspect of research globally. In this regard, we aim to produce |
42 | 48 | tangible and usable deliverables that are independent and valuable on |
43 | 49 | their own. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +## Applications |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +The below content was used for the first and second rounds of applications. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +### First round |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +- **Characters**: 644 |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +WP1 answers the increasing need for openness, transparency, and |
| 60 | +reproducibility in research, will deliver the day-to-day project and |
| 61 | +operations management of all the WPs and will facilitate close |
| 62 | +collaboration and joint expertise development across all Steno Centres. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Effective coordination and management of complex projects such as |
| 65 | +DP-Next requires modern and innovative approaches to project and |
| 66 | +operational management. We will employ tools developed and tested at |
| 67 | +SDCA in the past years [@Johnston2022; @DARTER; @ukbaid; @seedcase; |
| 68 | +@sdca-github] to offer a practical framework for sharing knowledge and |
| 69 | +technical skills across centres, aiming to deliver "better research done |
| 70 | +in less time" [@Lowndes2017]. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +### Second round |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +- **Characters**: 2200 / 1800 characters |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Science, while pursuing cutting edge knowledge, lags behind industry in |
| 77 | +standard operational, organisational, and technological practices, |
| 78 | +tools, and methods. From this, the core visions of WP1 are to do better |
| 79 | +research in less time [@Lowndes2017] and expand the capacity of modern |
| 80 | +technical engineering-based skills in research groups across Steno and |
| 81 | +Denmark. By applying modern operational, engineering, and project |
| 82 | +management practices, we will optimize work done across the WPs. Through |
| 83 | +formal and informal upskilling sessions, we will develop data |
| 84 | +engineering and modern collaborative skills and knowledge in researchers |
| 85 | +from across the Steno Centers. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +At SDCA, we have been developing and applying these practices in |
| 88 | +multiple projects [@Johnston2022; @DARTER; @ukbaid; @seedcase; |
| 89 | +@sdca-github], which highlight tangible examples of WP1's activities. |
| 90 | +The general strategy for WP1 is to: 1) develop and agree on some basic |
| 91 | +principles for collaboration between centers and WPs that adhere to open |
| 92 | +scientific practices and modern collaborative methods; 2) investigate |
| 93 | +potential barriers to effective cross-Steno collaboration; 3) decide on |
| 94 | +a set of common tools and standards to use across centers for WP. |
| 95 | +Specific actions and tasks are found in @fig-gantt-wp1 and @fig-actions. |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +Aside from the traditional management group overseeing the project, we |
| 98 | +will also have a research operations group that will simplify, |
| 99 | +streamline, and automate the collaboration and coordination of |
| 100 | +activities and products between WPs and centers as well as provide a |
| 101 | +space for learning these technical skills. See @fig-organization and the |
| 102 | +collaboration section below for more details, as well as @fig-gantt for |
| 103 | +the general project timeline. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +A major component of WP1 is also upskilling activities, in collaboration |
| 106 | +with the NNF-funded software and training-based Seedcase Project |
| 107 | +[@seedcase]. Training will focus on skills not often taught to |
| 108 | +researchers, such as data engineering, modern collaborative practices, |
| 109 | +and iterative project management methods. |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +More detail on this WP can be found on the DP-Next website |
| 112 | +(https://steno-aarhus.github.io/dp-next/wp1/), such as the roadmap, |
| 113 | +potential challenges, and strategy. |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +```{mermaid} |
| 116 | +%%| file: images/gantt.mmd |
| 117 | +%%| label: fig-gantt |
| 118 | +%%| fig-cap: "General Gantt chart for all of DP-Next." |
| 119 | +``` |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +```{mermaid} |
| 122 | +%%| file: images/gantt-wp1.mmd |
| 123 | +%%| label: fig-gantt-wp1 |
| 124 | +%%| fig-cap: "Gantt chart for Work Package 1" |
| 125 | +``` |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +{#fig-organization} |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +{#fig-actions} |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +## References |
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