Values

We expect the following of every participant, in all technical work.

• Measurement decides. A simulation is a hypothesis until a measurement agrees with it.
• Every number carries its unit and its status. Measured, simulated, design or estimated, with its tolerance, its provenance and, where relevant, its convention: full or half angle, peak or average.
• Aims are stated as aims. We say what we aim to do, and we claim only what we have done.
• Negative results are reported. A design that failed, a geometry that would not converge or a supplier that did not deliver is written down promptly.
• Work is documented. Members turn over every two or three years. The standard is that a competent stranger can continue the work from the repository alone.
• Safety rules are followed exactly. Nobody operates hazardous equipment without training and authorisation.
• Nothing is understood by only one person. A subsystem that a single member can explain is a defect to be corrected, and every role is handed over with overlap.