Slides from the Kick-Off Meeting of the Slope Project

1. Project SLOPE
1
WP 6 – System integration

2. Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014
Agenda
• Work Package Goals
• Tasks Overview
• Timeline
• Deliverables
• Task Details
• Risks and Mitigation Actions
• Open Discussion

3. Kick-off Meeting
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Work Package Goals
“Achieve a complete integration of the different components that are part of
the SLOPE platform”
WP6 Integration (All Partners)
WP 2 Components
Forest information
collection and analysis
COA,FLY,GT,ITE,TRE
WP 3 Components
Integration of novel
intelligent harvesting systems
CNR, GRE,KES,ITE,MHG
WP 5 Components
Forest information
system development
CNR,TRE,BO
SLOPE PLATFORM

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Work Package Goals
• Build a WORKING System
• Ready for pilots and on the field testing
• 3 integration steps
• 3 main tasks (T.6.2,T.6.3,T.6.4)
• Technical and Economical Analysis
• Overall solution costs
• Social impacts
• Environmental impacts
T.6.2
T.6.3
T.6.4

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Tasks and Roles
• T.6.1 Definition of integration Steps
• Task leader: GRAPHITECH; Participants: KESLA, MHG, FLY, ITENE
• T.6.2 First Integration - Forest inventory & harvesting systems
• Task leader: GRAPHITECH; Participants: KESLA, MHG, FLY, GRE, TRE, ITENE
• T.6.3 Second integration – Forest management
• Task leader: MHG; Participants: CNR, BOKU, GRE, TRE, ITENE
• T.6.4 – Third integration - System validation
• Task leader: GRAPHITECH; Participants: KESLA, MHG, BOKU, FLY, GRE, TRE, ITENE
• T.6.5 – Scientific Coordination
• Task leader: GRAPHITECH;

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Timeline
2014 2015 2016
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WP 6 System Integration
T.6.1 Definition of the integration steps
T.6.2 First Integration – Forest inventory & harvesting systems
T.6.3 Second integration – Forest management
T.6.4 Third integration -System validation
T.6.5 Scientific coordination

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Timeline & Deliverables
2014 2015 2016
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WP 6 System Integration
T.6.1 Definition of the integration steps
T.6.2 First Integration – Forest inventory & harvesting systems
T.6.3 Second integration – Forest management
T.6.4 Third integration -System validation
T.6.5 Scientific coordination
D.6.01 System Integration and Validation Plan
D.6.021 System Integration Report I
D.6.041 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report I
D.6.022 System Integration Report II
D.6.042 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report II
D.6.03 SLOPE System Field Trials Readiness Assessment Report
D.6.023 System Integration Report III
D.6.043 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report III

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Timeline & Deliverable & Milestone
2014 2015 2016
G F M A M J J A S O N D G F M A M J J A S O N D G F M A M J J A S O N D
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WP 6 System Integration
T.6.1 Definition of the integration steps
T.6.2 First Integration – Forest inventory & harvesting systems
T.6.3 Second integration – Forest management
T.6.4 Third integration -System validation
T.6.5 Scientific coordination
D.6.01 System Integration and Validation Plan
D.6.021 System Integration Report I
D.6.041 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report I
D.6.022 System Integration Report II
D.6.042 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report II
D.6.023 System Integration Report III
D.6.043 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report III
MS04 SLOPE System Integration Planning is completed
MS05 Forest Inventory and Intelligent Harvesting system integration
MS07 Forest Management system integrated
MS09 System testing ending
D.6.03 SLOPE System Field Trials Readiness Assessment Report

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Timeline & Deliverable & Milestone & Project Meetings
2014 2015 2016
G F M A M J J A S O N D G F M A M J J A S O N D G F M A M J J A S O N D
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WP 6 System Integration
T.6.1 Definition of the integration steps
T.6.2 First Integration – Forest inventory & harvesting systems
T.6.3 Second integration – Forest management
T.6.4 Third integration -System validation
T.6.5 Scientific coordination
D.6.01 System Integration and Validation Plan
D.6.021 System Integration Report I
D.6.041 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report I
D.6.022 System Integration Report II
D.6.042 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report II
D.6.023 System Integration Report III
D.6.043 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report III
MS04 SLOPE System Integration Planning is completed
MS05 Forest Inventory and Intelligent Harvesting system integration
MS07 Forest Management system integrated
MS09 System testing ending
D.6.03 SLOPE System Field Trials Readiness Assessment Report

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Deliverables
• D. 6.01 System Integration and Validation Plan
• Integration and validation procedures and timeline to validate the SLOPE system
• Based on the use cases in WP1
• D.6.03 SLOPE System Field Trials Readiness Assessment Report
• Assessment of the initial user experience and recommendations for the field trials
operations.
• Guidance and system operation manual for the Field Trials operators

11. Kick-off Meeting
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Deliverables
• D. 6.021 System Integration Report I:
• Integration test and validation concept procedures results
• Assessment of the initial user experience
• Recommendations for field trials operations
• D 6.022 System Integration Report II:
• Integration test and validation concept procedures results (rev. 2)
• Assessment of the initial user experience (rev. 2)
• Recommendations for field trials operations (rev. 2)
• D 6.023 System Integration Report III:
• Integration test and validation concept procedures results (rev. 3)
• Assessment of the initial user experience (rev. 3)
• Recommendations for field trials operations (rev. 3)

12. Kick-off Meeting
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Deliverables
• D6.041 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report I:
• Analysis of technical and economical aspects of SLOPE system
• Current practices and the potential known alternatives comparison
• Estimation phase
• D6.042 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report II:
• Analysis of technical and economical aspects of SLOPE system
• Current practices and the potential known alternatives comparison
• Preliminary results phase
• D6.043 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report III:
• Analysis of technical and economical aspects of SLOPE system
• Current practices and the potential known alternatives comparison
• Final results phase

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Tasks Details

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Task 6.1
Definition of the integration steps
• Leader: Graphitech
• Participants: KESLA, MHG, FLY, ITENE
Objectives
• Develop the integration steps
• Develop validation concepts
• Functionalities
• Communication

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How to achieve these objectives?
1. System Architecture Analysis (from T.1.1)
• Component Diagram
2. Use case / general process Analysis (from T.1.5)
• Functional Requirements (execute A, execute B, etc.)
• Non-functional reqirements (speed, reliability, etc.)

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How to achieve these objectives?
3. Enumerate all needed software components, hardware, tools etc.
• Forest model
• Mesurement systems
• 3D Model Visualisation Software
• Other Software
4. Identify and verify connection between components
5. Plan how to connect between
1. Forest Model with Harvesting
2. Forest Model & Harvesting with Forest Management

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How to achieve these objectives?
6. For each integration step between two or more subsystems
1. For each identified interaction between subsystems components:
1. Describe the interaction
2. Describe the expected result
3. Define importance level (i.e. low, medium, high)
2. Define minimum threshold to be achieved
Test
N°
Interaction
Description
Expected result Obtained Result Achieved
Anomaly
Description
... ... ... ... ... ...
8
The user use the 3D
model to…
The application shows …. The application HAS shown… YES None
... ... ... ... ... ...

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Components to be integrated
WP2
WP3WP5
WP4
SLOPE DBSLOPE DBSLOPE DB

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Deliverables
Reports:
• D.6.01 System Integration and Validation Plan (M13)

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Expectations
• Contribution from each partner for its
component
• Joint contribution for each couple of
integrated components by the
corresponding partners
• More details at next technical meeting

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Task 6.2
First Integration - Forest inventory &
harvesting systems
• Leader: Graphitech
• Participants: KESLA, MHG, FLY, GRE, TRE, ITENE
Objectives
• Integrate forest model & harvesting measure system & 3D Software
• Integration between on the field sensors & tracking system RFID
• First Estimate of system costs

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How to achieve these objectives?
WP2
Forest Information
WP3
Intelligent Hardware
SLOPE DB
3D Forest
Model
• Validate interfaces between these 3 components
• Ensure DB consistency

23. Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014
Deliverables
Reports:
• D.6.021 System Integration Report I (M23)
• D.6.041 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report I
(M23)

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8-9/jan/2014
Task 6.3
Second integration – Forest management
• Leader: MHG
• Participants: CNR, BOKU, GRE, TRE, ITENE
Objectives
• Integrate on the field data acquisition & forest management
• Include WP4 results
• More detailed dataset costs

25. Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014
Deliverables
Reports:
• D.6.022 System Integration Report II (M29)
• D.6.042 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report II
(M29)

26. Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014
Task 6.4
Third integration -System validation
• Leader: Graphitech
• Participants: KESLA, MHG, BOKU, FLY, GRE, TRE, ITENE
Objectives
• Whole system validation and testing
• Cost and productivity final calculation

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How to achieve these objectives?
• Environment setup (SOA)
• Interactons validation one by one
• Fix issues one by one until threshold has been reached
(e.g. 80% of tests cases passed)

28. Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014
Deliverables
Reports:
• D.6.023 System Integration Report III (M34)
• D.6.043 SLOPE System Techno-Economic Evaluation Report III
(M34)
• D.6.03 SLOPE System Field Trials Readiness Assessment Report
(M36)

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Risks
• Data Formats
• DB Model
• Reduce Harmonization/adaptation
• Images
• Unreliable Services
• Hardware interfaces with software
• Rfid
• BT
• Unability to reproduce planned
test field/conditions
• Component testing takes time!

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Mitigating Actions
• Exhaustive System Architecture
• Exhaustive requirement analysis
• Common data model (T.1.4)
• Communication
• Skype (Small Group, no desktop sharing)
• Webex (up to 25 persons with desktop sharing)

31. Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014
Contacts
Coordination
Dr. Raffaele De Amicis
Technical & Scientific Coordination
Dr. Federico Prandi
Technical Development
Giulio Panizzoni, Federico Devigili, Daniele Magliocchetti
Project Administration (financial reporting included)
Camilla Saiani, Letizia Santato

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Open Discussion

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Thank you for your attention
DANIELE MAGLIOCCHETTI
daniele.magliocchetti@graphitech.it
Fondazione Graphitech
Via Alla Cascata 56C
38123 Trento (ITALY)
Phone: +39 0461.283395
Fax: +39 0461.283398

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Task 6.5
Scientific Coordination
• Leader: Graphitech
Objectives
• Technical supervision of technology functionalities as planned
• Management of issues related to Software licenses and/or required hardware
• Quality Assurance and assessment/evaluation of technology results
• Regular reporting of the technical development of the project