Scope of this deliverable is to describe the various mechanisms envisioned in the CONTREX project to be applied at run-time to manage the execution platform according to extrafunctional properties. This deliverable contains the initial specification of the run-time management infrastructure that will act as basis for all the activities within Task 3.3. In particular this deliverable describes the state of the art concerning run-time resource management both at node level and at system level and outlines the mechanisms and the policies that will be implemented within CONTREX. The deliverable is organized into three sections. Section 2 describes the overall context and summarizes the mapping of the activities of Task 3.3 partners onto the specific use cases. Section 3 outlines the state of the art of run-time management activities, while Section 4 contains the details of each of the CONTREX dedicated activities