Evaluation of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM, project financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BMWi), the VDI/VDE-IT was assigned the management of the evaluation secretariat and the technical support of the commission entrusted with the evaluation. The focus of the project was the review of the BAM with its organizational structures and processes of service provision. Of particular importance was the tension between the legal and research tasks. The task of the evaluation secretariat was to ensure the efficiency of the evaluation process and the professional quality of the methods and instruments used, as well as to provide general support to the evaluation commission.