MPI-CBG LMF short strategy points

Revision as of 14:38, 10 February 2010

no official policy here.... just Dan thinking about stuff....

Coming Situation

• Increasing equipment/staff ratio - decreased user response time
• SAB says Services and Facilities should not increase in size.

Food queue analogy: Equipment/Users = those in queue. Staff = Cooks. Even with more fancy ovens, cooks only push out food so fast. With more queuing items... queue just gets longer ... slower response time - user frustration.

Recharge Mechanism

• Shows where demand is.
• Resources should follow demand
• Resources are limited and must be allocated according to demand and other criteria (eg?)

Conundrum

SAB says no more staff in services and facilities - but recharge mechanism and equipment/staff ratio indicate requirement for more staff.

Solutions

1. Retire older - less used - LMF equipment

• Reduces equipment/staff ratio
• Support for some systems is lost.

1. Use staff resources more efficiently

• Wiki to share/retain info for staff and users
• Share user project information within the team (UP: emails to lmf and ipf)
• internal training to increase bus number
• more small group teaching

1. Find a way to hire more staff

• SAB report suggests against this
• resources are limited
• but when directors want something - they find ways to make it happen.

1. Redefine LMF responsibilities

• teaching and training
• research of new technology.
• only or also support new or old technology
• Do or Don't get involved in user projects at the experimental design / equipment choice level