Metrics Life Cycle

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Metrics Life Cycle Archive Policy H. K.
(Rama) Ramapriyan NASA/GSFC Metrics Planning and
Reporting (MPAR) WG 7th Earth Science Data
Systems Working Group Philadelphia, PA October
21-23, 2008
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Metrics Life Cycle Need for Archive Policy

• Metrics Life Cycle
• Metrics are reported by REASoN and ACCESS
  Projects now, will be reported by MEaSUREs
  starting in FY2009.
• The Metrics Life Cycle has two phases
• Active Phase while projects are active, metrics
  are used to measure their progress each
  projects metrics are maintained on-line
  accessible to that project and NASA (and NASA
  support) staff
• Archive Phase after projects are completed,
  project metrics individually and collectively
  provide a historical record, and allow
  retrospective analysis of the programs as well as
  individual projects.
• MPARWG (in October 2007) recognized the value of
  this historical record, and called for a formal
  Metrics Archive Policy statement.
• An Archive Policy was formulated and circulated
  to the MPARWG for comment in April 2008, then
  recommended to NASA HQ in May, 2008.
• The next two charts present the recommended
  Archive Policy.

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Community Data Systems Metrics Archive Policy

• Community Data Systems and Metrics Archive
  Policy
• Community Data Systems are funded by periodic
  calls for proposals and selection through a
  peer-review process.
• They exist for a specified finite duration during
  which they operate, produce data products and/or
  provide services.
• Metrics that measure their productivity
  (quantities of processed and distributed data,
  numbers of users, impact on society, etc.) are
  collected regularly by NASA for the duration of
  their funding.
• These metrics are a valuable historical record of
  overall performance of the NASA programs related
  to data systems.
• The Archive Policy provides guidelines for
  maintaining the metrics data after the periods of
  performance of the individual funded community
  data systems.
• (Taken from Archive Policy introduction.)

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Metrics Archive Policy

• Metrics Archive Policy
• All metrics data collected shall be saved
  permanently, in accordance with Privacy Act,
  Paperwork Reduction Act, and NASA policies.
• This includes, but is not limited to, keeping the
  data in an area that is not subject to outside
  access (i.e., not connected to any network), and
  password protected inside the storage machine.
• Access for analysis will be granted on a case by
  case basis by the individual(s) managing the
  metrics activity when written (including email)
  requests are made.
• Currently, those individuals are the Coordinator
  of Earth Science Data System Working Groups and
  the NASA Civil Servant Co-Chair of the Metrics
  Planning and Reporting Working Group.
• Metrics will be archived in a format that
  facilitates analysis via common spreadsheet
  programs, e.g. Excel, and Impact Metrics will be
  archived in their original format (jpeg or pdf).
• Any changes to technical aspects of
  implementation of this policy must be approved by
  NASA Civil Servant Co-Chair of MPARWG.