TY - JOUR
T1 - Best social and organizational practices of successful science gateways and cyberinfrastructure projects
AU - Kee, Kerk F.
AU - Schrock, Andrew R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/5
Y1 - 2019/5
N2 - The majority of research on science gateways has focused on technological tools. However, the teams behind the tools also play a critical role in determining whether science gateways are successful. This article reports 12 social and organizational practices of successful science gateways and cyberinfrastructure (CI) projects that emerged out of an analysis of 98 interviews with domain scientists, computational technologists, and supercomputing/research center administrators across the US and some in EU. Social practices include seeking multidisciplinary expertise, setting shared goals, using common language, having bridging liaisons, establishing productive routines, and meeting face-to-face. Organizational practices include demonstrating altruistic leadership, having clear roles, engaging user feedback, raising sustainable funding, growing organizational capacity, and maintaining personnel continuity. By asking a series of simple questions for reflection, science gateway teams can generate strategies to increase their likelihood of successful outcomes.
AB - The majority of research on science gateways has focused on technological tools. However, the teams behind the tools also play a critical role in determining whether science gateways are successful. This article reports 12 social and organizational practices of successful science gateways and cyberinfrastructure (CI) projects that emerged out of an analysis of 98 interviews with domain scientists, computational technologists, and supercomputing/research center administrators across the US and some in EU. Social practices include seeking multidisciplinary expertise, setting shared goals, using common language, having bridging liaisons, establishing productive routines, and meeting face-to-face. Organizational practices include demonstrating altruistic leadership, having clear roles, engaging user feedback, raising sustainable funding, growing organizational capacity, and maintaining personnel continuity. By asking a series of simple questions for reflection, science gateway teams can generate strategies to increase their likelihood of successful outcomes.
KW - Adoption
KW - Best practices
KW - Cyberinfrastructure
KW - Diffusion
KW - Organizational factors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.future.2018.04.063
DO - 10.1016/j.future.2018.04.063
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047100669
SN - 0167-739X
VL - 94
SP - 795
EP - 801
JO - Future Generation Computer Systems
JF - Future Generation Computer Systems
ER -