Notes for Greenbook Process

W. Kramer's Flip Charts - Input from the attendees on the Greenbook

NUG Meeting

February 22-23, 2001

The following are notes transcribed from the flip charts Bill filled in with attendee comments.

Topic: The Last Greenbook

CONS

• 1 Person wrote it

• Difficult to extract requirements

• Needed to be "more even" tech edited

• Latex is not immediately compatible with web-based text

• Too complex for non-involved

• Target audience not clear

PROS

• Person did good putting it together

• Person in charge

• NERSC support

• Technical to Technical worked well

• Told complete story

• Where we are

• Where we go

• Helped with GAO

• Covered everything

Topic: This Greenbook

• Leverage SciDAC this time

• VERY BIG

• Don't duplicate annual report info

• Was not clear on priorities

• A lot time to have unified view