[CESG] RE: [Smwg] Re: My comments of latest draft of charter

[Gian.Paolo.Calzolari at esa.int]

 > CESG Membership -- this is a draft product, in progress, that will 
> be undergoing revisions as result of a WG teleconference held 
> earlier today. As such I don't believe it is well advised to review 
> this at this time in preference to allowing the WG to complete its 
> efforts and review the charter when revisions, etc in progress have 
> been completed.  This is projected to be done in approximately 6 
> weeks (allowing for summer holidays,etc.)  Having said that, 
> comments are welcomed but be advised they may very well be overcome by 
events.
> 

Dear Erik,
        taking into account the caveat above, I have a major comment that 
I think it should be properly addressed: The Goals are somehow 
"immaterial" in the sense that do represent the work to be done but cannot 
be matched to real products.

In other words, it looks to me that the present goals represent the needs 
justifying such a WG to exist.
Conversely, IMHO the goal should be more oriented to describe the products 
expected by this working group. 
As our products are books (with the related prototypes when needed) 
writing goals with a 1:1 correspondence to Blue/Magenta/Green books (or 
sometimes 1:2 if you want to merge in a goal a Blue Book together with its 
supporting Green Book) will be very helpful.
I think that then CMC will be able to better judge and approve first the 
charter and eventually the relevant CWE Projects.
Moreover this approach would be also very pragmatic with respect to the 
identification of resources.

Please consider also this (Editorial) comment: I find unnecessary to 
mention the 401 book in the first paragraph of the Rationale as this 
paragraph is supposed to be general.

Best regards

Gian Paolo
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