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General Requirements

This page is intended to be the overall requirements for the project. It does not include detailed requirements for each component of the DSS, but is instead intended to be the overarching requirements for the project.


Overarching Requirements

  1. Project scheduling data must be prepared in advance. A limited subset of the project scheduling data can be modified in real time as observations proceed.
  2. The observer will be able to observe interactively - following the progress of an observation's execution in real-time, subjectively evaluating the data, and making changes to subsequent Observing Blocks in response.
  3. The observer retains control of his/her scheduled telescope time, meaning that he/she can observe interactively or non-interactively (queuing a list of OBs to be run), and if interactively, can choose to continue to observe at high frequency in less than ideal weather for some time if he/she wishes.
  4. Observers must be able to get feedback about the execution state of their science program (in terms of percentage complete), how their observations fit into the schedule, and the execution state of individual Sessions within their projects
  5. The scheduling strategies and processes should not negatively impact data quality. That is, data quality shall be at least comparable to what might be expected from a classically scheduled approach.
  6. Process for scheduling and observation execution should not place an undue burden on support staff, for example, requiring them to be present to actively configure or perform detailed data quality assessments. The project investigators are always responsible for the data quality of the project.
  7. Process for scheduling should readily accommodate GBT maintenance and repair activities.

More details

Overall feel

Project & session data:

Contact information

Telescope scheduling information

Observing

Logging

Reporting tools

Predicted Weather Requirements

-- KarenONeil - 27 Nov 2006

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