Description
Complete scientific analyses are complex, usually involving multiple stages and multiple applications. As users gain more experience with the grid infrastructure, they look for tools to manage complete analysis workflows. These tools handle the bookkeeping, job execution, and data management, allowing the researcher to concentrate on the science rather than tedious grid details.
Participants in this session will hear presentations that provide a good overview of the available workflow managers and how they can be (easily) used to access resources on the EGEE production grid infrastructure. Each workflow manager is usually optimized for particular use cases and has it's own strengths and weaknesses. Recent work on making workflow managers interoperable may allow users to mix and match them on sub-workflows to optimize a complete analysis.
The agenda provides plenty of time for questions and discussions. Participants should be prepared to share their own experiences with workflow managers and their needs regarding improvements.
