The project was politically driven while most of the slides were selling dreams.
As usual in this kind of project
- there was a schedule carved in stone
- the Conway's law gets a beautiful practical example
so the research becomes quickly a joke.
Some people:
- worked on out of topic subjects. At least no harm.
- criticized because of external/past/personal/out of topic reasons.
- criticized the work of others while doing literally nothing. My boss knew it, but since they are well known to wrote nice documents to get the fund for many years.
- worked very hard while being criticized through hidden communication.
- were here because of the data.
- were here to get the technology if by luck it ends up to be working project.
The usual burdens, I guess, but it basically kills the motivation (it is my experience in one specific project).
In the end, people went to the different meetings to see Europe.
It seems some other projects are driven in the same way according to what I have heard.
It is only a sum up of experience.
YMMV.
I sincerely hope that Gaia-X will be managed in better way.
I've been working for one of these CORDIS European projects : https://cordis.europa.eu/projects/en
The project was politically driven while most of the slides were selling dreams. As usual in this kind of project
- there was a schedule carved in stone
- the Conway's law gets a beautiful practical example
so the research becomes quickly a joke.
Some people:
- worked on out of topic subjects. At least no harm.
- criticized because of external/past/personal/out of topic reasons.
- criticized the work of others while doing literally nothing. My boss knew it, but since they are well known to wrote nice documents to get the fund for many years.
- worked very hard while being criticized through hidden communication.
- were here because of the data.
- were here to get the technology if by luck it ends up to be working project.
The usual burdens, I guess, but it basically kills the motivation (it is my experience in one specific project). In the end, people went to the different meetings to see Europe.
It seems some other projects are driven in the same way according to what I have heard.
It is only a sum up of experience. YMMV.
I sincerely hope that Gaia-X will be managed in better way.