MPI-CBG LMF short strategy points
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WARNING!!!! ...no official policy here.... just Dan thinking about stuff.... | WARNING!!!! ...no official policy here.... just Dan thinking about stuff.... | ||
| − | ==Coming Situation== | + | ==Facility Aims== |
| − | *Increasing equipment/staff ratio = decreased user response time | + | #Enable better quality and higher output of science than if did facility did not exist |
| + | #Cutting edge tech - well trained staff - extract max potential from tech | ||
| + | #A facility not a service | ||
| + | #Equal access to all | ||
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| + | ==Problem - Coming Situation== | ||
| + | *Increasing equipment/staff ratio = decreased user response time and inequality of service | ||
*SAB says Services and Facilities should not increase in size. | *SAB says Services and Facilities should not increase in size. | ||
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Equipment/Users = those in queue. Staff = Cooks. | Equipment/Users = those in queue. Staff = Cooks. | ||
Even with more fancy ovens, cooks only push out food so fast. | Even with more fancy ovens, cooks only push out food so fast. | ||
| − | + | If more queuing items -> queue gets longer -> slower response time = user frustration and service inequality | |
==Recharge Mechanism== | ==Recharge Mechanism== | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 10 February 2010
WARNING!!!! ...no official policy here.... just Dan thinking about stuff....
Contents |
Facility Aims
- Enable better quality and higher output of science than if did facility did not exist
- Cutting edge tech - well trained staff - extract max potential from tech
- A facility not a service
- Equal access to all
Problem - Coming Situation
- Increasing equipment/staff ratio = decreased user response time and inequality of service
- 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. If more queuing items -> queue gets longer -> slower response time = user frustration and service inequality
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
- Retire older - less used - LMF equipment
- Reduces equipment/staff ratio
- Support for some systems is lost.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
