CU6: Actions for cycle 2

(from CU6 Software Development Plan)


Reference: GAIA-C6-SP-OPM-DK-003-2, p 18-19
Date: 1 December 2006

• Conclusion of cycle 1 - Kick-off of cycle 2
    – 12-13 Oct. 06: CU6 Workshop 2 Brussels [status: completed].

• Definition of the requests to CU2 for simulations
    – 17 Nov. 06: Delivery of the 1st version of the Simulation Requirements Document [status: completed].
    – 15 Dec. 06: Delivery of the revised version of the Simulation Requirements Document.

• Specification of the requirements for the Gaia spectroscopic system
    – 15 Dec. 06: Delivery of the software requirement specifications for Gaia spectroscopic data processing.


• Specification, design, implementation, delivery, integration and test of the 7 software modules defined in Table 5.
    – 10 Nov. 06: Delivery of the Software Requirements Document (SRD). [status: 85% completed].
    – 8 Dec. 06: Delivery of the Software Design Document (SDD).
    – 15 Dec. 06: Validation of the Software Requirements Document (SRD).
    – 19 Jan. 07: Delivery of the Software Test Plan (STP).
    – 30 Jan. 07: Validation of the Software Design Document (SDD).
    – 30 March 07: Delivery of the software products, of the Performance Report Document (PRD) and of the Software User Manual (SUM).
    – 11 May 07: completion of the software integration, validation and test.

• Specify and design the software products of the TWP and WP listed in Table 6.
    – 15 Dec. 06: Delivery of the draft Software Requirements Document (SRD).
    – 15 Jan. 06: Validation of the draft software requirements.
    – 15 Jan. 06: Delivery of the draft Software Design Document (SDD).
    – 15 Feb. 07: Validation of the draft software designs.
    – 16 March 07: Delivery of the revised Software Requirements Document (SRD).
    – 13 Apr. 07: Validation of the revised software requirements.
    – 13 Apr. 07: Delivery of the revised Software Design Document (SDD).
    – 11 May 07: Validation of the revised software designs.

Table 5: List of WPs/software modules to be specified, designed, implemented, delivered, integrated and tested during cycle 2
610-30000 Design, develop and test [host framework infrastructure]
620-08000 Normalisation to the continuum
630-10000 Wavelength scale and distortion map
650-07000 Radial & rot. vel. by CC with a template/mask in data space
650-08000 Radial velocity in Fourier space
650-10000 Radial & rot. velocity by minimum distance method
650-12000 Radial & rot. vel. for multi-lines by TODCOR-like method

Table 6: List of TWPs and WPs/software products to be specified and designed during cycle 2.
620-all Spectra extraction [except 620-08000 see Table 5]
630-all Calibration of the spectroscopic instrument [except 630-10000 see Table 5]
640-05000 Astrophysical zero point
650-06000 Coarse characterisation of sources
650-14000 Detailed first look and validation: single transit
650-15000 Science alerts
660-05000 Assess source spectroscopic stability/variability