The UK SKA Regional Centre Development Project is organised into five work packages, each responsible for a different part of building and running the ukSRC:
- WP1 Project Management: delivers the project office, including governance, project management, financial monitoring, and project communication.
- WP2 Technical Development: encompasses technical development activities required to deliver the ukSRC, in coordination with SRCNet prototyping team developments.
- Hardware and software enabling technologies: cloud; authentication, authorisation and identity management; data logistics; architecture and optimisation.
- Developing a FAIR Data Archive
- Science analysis platform development
- WP3 Community Support, Engagement and Onboarding: links SRC development with the scientific user community, through programmes of co-design and early adoption of services.
- WP4 Training and Outreach: delivers professional training and outreach for both ukSRC staff and the community.
- WP5 International SRC Coordination and Alignment: provides a highly experienced Release Train Engineer to lead the wider international SRC SAFe development programme, and senior leadership resources for the international SRC Steering Committee and SRCNet activities