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□ CMS Introduction
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□ CD Policy 1982
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□ CD Reorganisation 1983

Divisional Reorganisation

F R A Hopgood

29 April 1983

INTRODUCTION

The new Group structure which comes into force on 1 May 1983 has been described in the earlier paper (see Appendix).

There is a need to evolve towards the new structure and not all people destined for new Groups will take up their posts immediately.

This paper indicates which Group each member of the Division will be in on 1 May. People who are due to move Groups in the future have already been informed of what is planned.

Professor F R A Hopgood DCSO, Division Head C Barnes PS E B Fossey Technical Secretary Computing Division May 1983 D G House SPSO, Computer Services Group C Ayling PS R Hollington ST/PT A G Davis T/PT OPERATIONS P C Thompson SSO OPERATIONAL SUPPORT A C Cox HSO DATA MANAGEMENT J Coupland SDP COMPUTER OPERATIONS K W Benn SSO L J Claringbold HSO S Woodward SDP B J Jeeves SO J Waters DP R P Hill DP T R Amos HSO A Wells SO R Patterson ASO J Ford SDP C Leigh SDP A Jackson HSO R Rolfe SDP H Teale ASO C R Wimblett ASO S Morley SDP J Hambleton HSO D H N Smith SO S G Birtles ASO M Deegan DP P Lancaster ASO A T B Webber HSO I Vollmer SO D Bellingham ASO D L Carter ASO D N Jennings HSO A Holmes SO J Peterson ASO S Wheeler ASO M McGee ASO TWO SHIFT M C Calcutt ASO D Brown ASO M Ahier ASO FR80 M Smith SDP MINIS E Krauesslar SDP POST ROOM J Scholes CO/PT STARLINK N K Roberts HSO TELECOMMUNICATION C Balderson SSO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS T G Pett SSO CAPACITY PERFORMANCE A P J Lobley SSO CONTRACTS/ TERMINALS P Gill SSO H M Nichols SDP A Perkins EWIV R Barnard SDP OPERATIONAL NETWORK R Brandwood HSO W A Knowles SO N K Moore ASO H Robertson ASO P Shingler ASO R Barnard SDP PLANNING INSTALLATION B J Day HSO K Mainwaring SO P P Swan-Taylor PTOIII A Jessett SO MAINFRAMES D M Asbury HSO D J Rigby SO K Lovegrove ASO S Weston ASO T Kidd ASO MINIS P J Newton HSO S W L Yip HSO J P Jarvis SO ACCOUNTING S H Ward SSO N B M Calton HSO S Norris HSO D H Trew HSO P D Athawes SO V Walker SDP/PT D M Ayres DP/PT GRANT ASSESSMENT B G Loach PSO PERFORMACE MEASUREMENT P Kent SSO S R Robinson SO ADMINISTRATION D Williams HEO M Thompson CO S M Parker CO D G Keats CO R F Mackey S White K Morgan E C Govans C J Pavelin SPSO, Systems Development Group S Fuller PS CENTRAL FILESTORE A R Mayhook PSO IBM COMMUNICATION P M Girard PSO MULTI USER MINIS A S Dunn SSO MVS M M Curtis PSO/PT NETWORK/ DEVELOPMENT P E Bryant PSO UNIX/ COMMUNICATIONS G W Robinson SSO J M A Blades HSO J C Murray HSO A W Burraston HSO N Gunadhi SO L J French SO S A Wood SO R A Day HSO S J Tunstall HSO M W Elwood HSO C A Wilkins SO P Blanshard SSO P J S Gladstone HSO J N Mills HSO C P Wadsworth SSO K G Fermor HSO M M Martin HSO R Taylor SPSO, Applied Programming Group S Mitchell PS GRAPHICS C D Osland SSO STARLINK P T Wallace PSO DATABASES K G Jeffery PSO DATA COMPILATION K M Crennell SSO ROBOTICS P G Davey SPSO/PT C Davis PS T Banfield T/PT J R Gallop SSO D S Greenaway SSO D C Sutcliffe HSO C J Webb SSO G M Crisp HSO R M Kidd SO A Sweeney ASO G Jahore ASO K Tritton PSO M D Lawden SSO D Pearce HSO CENTRAL OFFICE M E Clarigbold HSO T W G Dunwoody HSO R J Waters SO RAL ADMIN J O Lay HSO E A Lord HSO R T Platon HSO SCIENTIFIC B J Read SSO K W Smith HSO P C L Smith PSO A J Lucas HSO M R Jane PSO, User Support Group M Shepherd ST SERVICE SUPPORT R Maybury PSO REGIONAL LIAISON G A Lambert SSO MARKETING/ PLANNING/ J C Gordon HSO DOCUMENTAION PUBLICITY TRAINING J J C Hutchinson HSO J L Watson SO C P Wood HSO M F King SO K P Duffey SO G J Burden SO P Windebank SDP R C G Williams HSO S Millmore HSO J R Hallowell SO M Herbert SDP A C Ellis HSO S D L Atkins ASO (Trainee) C Giles DP R E Thomas PSO, Office Automation/UNIX Group J Barker ST OFFICE AUTOMATION J Brown PSO UNIX SERVICE L O Ford SSO UNIX SERVICE D C Toll SSO (IBM) D H Leech SSO D F Parker HSO D Rowley HSO J W T Smith HSO H K F Yeung HSO R W Witty PSO, Informatics Coordination Group L Valentine ST J Gore ST/PT DCS D A Duce SSO IKBS W P Sharpe HSO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY (R W Witty PSO ) MAN MACHINE INTERACTION I D Benest HSO TECHNICAL SUPPORT E V C Fielding HSO G P Jones SDP D R Gibson SO K Robinson PSO, Common Base Project S Mitchell PS SUPPORT P J Hemmings SSO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT C J Prosser SSO A P Ferryman SO K M Lewis ASO T A Watson SO A S Williams HSO J C Malone SO K G Dancey SO A J Kinroy SO P J Smith SO

Appendix

COMPUTING DIVISION

DIVISIONAL REORGANISATION

F R A Hopgood 25 March 1983

In the next financial year starting 1 April, the Computing Division will have an increase in complement to 190 (in post figure 170 at the moment). The current four-Group structure will be difficult to manage with the Division that size and I am proposing a new six-Group structure which will come into force on 1 May 1983.

Over the last few months, the Group Leaders and I have been looking at other problems in the Divisional management and the reorganisation is aimed at curing these. A particular problem is the build-up of manpower in new projects which unbalance the existing structure.

REVISED GROUP STRUCTURE

COMPUTER SERVICES GROUP - D G HOUSE
This Group will be responsible for all aspects of running and maintaining the production services on all mature and established mainframe and mini systems including peripherals and off-line production devices.
USER SUPPORT GROUP - M R JANE
This Group will be responsible for providing help to the users of the systems supported by the Computer Services Group and making the Division aware of users' requirements and problems. It is responsible for public relations, general and user education in the Division. It is also responsible for the contractual dealings with remote sites.
APPLIED PROGRAMMING GROUP - R TAYLOR
This Group's aim will be to enable the problem-solving programmer to work at a higher level than the systems provided by the Computer Services Group. This includes the provision of machine independent libraries and packages particularly in the database and graphics areas. Contract work at the application level is the responsibility of this Group.
INFORMATICS COORDINATION GROUP - R W WITTY
This Group's function is to support the activities of the SERC initiatives in the Information Technology area which are coordinated by the Division.
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT GROUP - C J PAVELIN
This Group is responsible for the longer term developments of standard computer services offered by the Division. In particular, it is responsible for the Division's strategy in the Computer Services area.
OFFICE AUTOMATION AND UNIX GROUP - R E THOMAS
This Group is responsible for the promotion and support of Office Automation activities in the Division and developing a UNIX service on suitable systems with the emphasis on supporting applications software in the text processing and automated documentation areas.
Common Base Project - K Robinson
This project will run outside the Group structure for the time being. The Project is to develop a stable service on single user systems according to SERC's Common Base Policy.

The definition of who will be in which Groups will be announced after Easter. The changeover from the existing Group structure will be evolutionary and not all changes will occur on 1 May. This will ensure that the impact on the users and the service is minimised.

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