diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c26cef6f64c65b6ce34a0c892791028ff53745fb..eeeae340262a5440c90e67568502f6b1c307a647 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 project(dune-amdis CXX)
 
-# set(ALBERTA_ROOT /opt/software/alberta)
-# set(ALBERTA_INCLUDE_DIR  /opt/software/alberta/include)
-# set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /opt/software/dune/lib/cmake)
-# set(UG_DIR /opt/software/dune/lib/cmake/ug)
-# set(Vc_DIR /opt/software/dune/lib/cmake/Vc)
-
-
-
 if(NOT (dune-common_DIR OR dune-common_ROOT OR
       "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" MATCHES ".*dune-common.*"))
     string(REPLACE  ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} dune-common dune-common_DIR
@@ -30,7 +22,6 @@ add_subdirectory("src")
 add_subdirectory("dune")
 add_subdirectory("doc")
 add_subdirectory("cmake/modules")
-add_subdirectory("projects")
 
 # finalize the dune project, e.g. generating config.h etc.
 finalize_dune_project(GENERATE_CONFIG_H_CMAKE)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 33be16b3340da9e662f1f94fceefcd723ef2f93c..53ee4e72c205abb916056961cf0535a9f78f825e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# GIT Workflow
+
+Follow the ideas of [a-successful-git-branching-model](http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model), especially
+- Create a new branch for all new features, following the naming convention `feature/XYZ`
+- Merge features in the `develop` branch only
+- Correct Bugs in issue branches, following the naming convention `issue/XYZ`
+- Merge issues in the `develop` branch, except when it is a hotfix, then merge to `master` and `develop`
+- For all merges create a meaningful *Merge Request* in GitLab
+
 # Code Style-Guide
 
 This style-guide is intended for developers writing code for AMDiS, is not complete and probably not applied to all parts of the AMDiS code. Feel free to edit existing source files in order to fulfill the styles.
@@ -6,7 +15,7 @@ Parts of this convention are taken from well established style guides, like the
 
 ## File naming conventions
 
-Filenames should be mixed lower and upper case, starting with an uppercase letter. They should not include underscores or dashed. Use an uppercase letter to indicate a new subword. Sourcefiles should end in `.cpp` and header files should end in `.hpp`. In case you move the code of a template class to a separate file, included textually at the end of the corresponding header file, use the extensions `.inc.hpp`. 
+Filenames should be mixed lower and upper case, starting with an uppercase letter. They should not include underscores or dashed. Use an uppercase letter to indicate a new subword. Sourcefiles should end in `.cpp` and header files should end in `.hpp`. In case you move the code of a template class to a separate file, included textually at the end of the corresponding header file, use the extensions `.inc.hpp`.
 
 The name of a file should follow the name of the implemented class in this file.
 
@@ -15,7 +24,7 @@ Examples of valid filenames:
 * `AdaptInstat.cpp`
 * `DOFVector.hpp`
 * `DOFVector.cpp`
-* `DOFVector.inc.hpp` (the implementation of the methods of the template class `DOFVector<T>`) 
+* `DOFVector.inc.hpp` (the implementation of the methods of the template class `DOFVector<T>`)
 
 Do not use filenames that already exist in /usr/include or are stdandard C/C++ include files, such as `math.h` (remember that windows files-systems are case insensitive and thus, there is not difference between `math.h` and `Math.H`.)
 
@@ -24,23 +33,23 @@ Every header file should start with a copyright notice and an include guard `#pr
 
 ``` c++
 // Software License for AMDiS2
-// 
-// Copyright (c) 2015 Institute for Scientific Computing TU-Dresden
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2015 Institute for Scientific Computing, TU-Dresden
 // All rights reserved.
 // Authors: Simon Praetorius
-// 
+//
 // This file is part of the AMDiS2 Library
 // see also the LICENSE file in the distribution.
 
 #pragma once
 ```
 
-After the include guard a list of include files can be added, see *Names and Order of Includes*. 
+After the include guard a list of include files can be added, see *Names and Order of Includes*.
 
 ### Names and Order of Includes
 
 All of a project's header files should be listed as descendants of the project's source directory. The includes should be grouped following the rules:
-* [class header file] (for source files that implement an interface specified in a header file)
+* [class header file] ... for source files that implement an interface specified in a header file
 * C system files.
 * C++ system files.
 * Other external libraries' header files.
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ For example, the includes in `io/VtkWriter.cpp` might look like this:
 // ...
 ```
 
-### Namespaces 
+### Namespaces
 
 All implementation should be put into the namespace `AMDiS`. When a namespace closes, a corresponding comment should be added to the closing brackets:
 
@@ -84,6 +93,8 @@ namespace AMDiS
 } // end namespace AMDiS
 ```
 
+Implementation details are put into a subnamespace `Impl`.
+
 ## Line length
 
 Each line of text in your code should be at most 80 characters long.
@@ -92,4 +103,11 @@ Each line of text in your code should be at most 80 characters long.
 * An #include statement with a long path may exceed 80 columns.
 * A raw-string literal may have content that exceeds 80 characters.
 * ...
- 
+
+## Indentation
+
+Use two spaces instead of tabs!
+
+## Documentation
+
+Use Doxygen-Style comments for the documentation of functions and classes, except when the function name already indicates its meaning completely.
diff --git a/dune/amdis/Operator.inc.hpp b/dune/amdis/Operator.inc.hpp
index ab844f635bebc77ad83fa2e1cb7fa6f704c2d94a..e9d951ecbe9eb777abe3d9bd344bf15a7abb56c4 100644
--- a/dune/amdis/Operator.inc.hpp
+++ b/dune/amdis/Operator.inc.hpp
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
   {
     AMDIS_FUNCNAME("Operator::assembleFirstOrderTermsGrdPhi(elementMatrix)");
 
-    using Element = typename RowView::Element;
     auto element = rowView.element();
     auto geometry = element.geometry();
     const int dim = RowView::GridView::dimension;
@@ -333,7 +332,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
   {
     AMDIS_FUNCNAME("Operator::assembleFirstOrderTermsGrdPsi(elementMatrix)");
 
-    using Element = typename RowView::Element;
     auto element = rowView.element();
     auto geometry = element.geometry();
     const int dim = RowView::GridView::dimension;
@@ -392,7 +390,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
   {
     AMDIS_FUNCNAME("Operator::assembleFirstOrderTermsGrdPsi(elementvector)");
 
-    using Element = typename RowView::Element;
     auto element = rowView.element();
     const int dim = RowView::GridView::dimension;
     const int dow = RowView::GridView::dimensionworld;
@@ -443,7 +440,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
   {
     AMDIS_FUNCNAME("Operator::assembleSecondOrderTerms(elementMatrix)");
 
-    using Element = typename RowView::Element;
     auto element = rowView.element();
     const int dim = RowView::GridView::dimension;
     const int dow = RowView::GridView::dimensionworld;
diff --git a/projects/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c6d284030a830350cee8a71d7976e1a0547ebb5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/projects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add_subdirectory(director_field)
diff --git a/projects/director_field/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/director_field/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 13ab4193ceee4d54795b12be508015535e4bb61b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/projects/director_field/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-add_executable(director director.cc)
-add_dune_alberta_flags(GRIDDIM 2 WORLDDIM 3 director)
-target_link_dune_default_libraries(director)
-target_link_libraries(director "duneamdis")
-target_compile_definitions(director PRIVATE AMDIS_DIM=2 AMDIS_DOW=3)
diff --git a/projects/director_field/director.cc b/projects/director_field/director.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b465ae09ac57f009a31b5ccac6123f11435eece0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/projects/director_field/director.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-#include <iostream>
-#include <ctime>
-#include <cmath>
-
-#include <dune/amdis/AMDiS.hpp>
-#include <dune/amdis/AdaptInstationary.hpp>
-#include <dune/amdis/ProblemInstat.hpp>
-#include <dune/amdis/ProblemStat.hpp>
-#include <dune/amdis/Terms.hpp>
-
-using namespace AMDiS;
-
-
-using PolarParam   = DefaultTraitsMesh<Dune::AlbertaGrid<2, 3>, 1, 1, 1, 1>;
-using PolarProblem = ProblemStat<PolarParam>;
-using PolarProblemInstat = ProblemInstat<PolarParam>;
-using WorldVector = typename PolarProblem::WorldVector;
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv)
-{
-    AMDiS::init(argc, argv);
-
-    PolarProblem prob("polar");
-    prob.initialize(INIT_ALL);
-
-    PolarProblemInstat probInstat("polar", prob);
-    probInstat.initialize(INIT_UH_OLD);
-
-    AdaptInfo adaptInfo("adapt", prob.getNumComponents());
-
-    double wn = 1.0, K = 1.0, R = 1.0;
-    Parameters::get("polar->wn", wn);
-    Parameters::get("polar->K", K);
-    Parameters::get("polar->R", R);
-
-    double H = 0.0;
-
-    std::srand(std::time(0));
-
-    // define the differential operators
-    using Op = PolarProblem::OperatorType;
-    for_<0,2>([&](auto _i)
-    {
-        auto opTimeLhs = Op::zot( constant(1.0) );
-        prob.addMatrixOperator(opTimeLhs, _i, _i, probInstat.getInvTau());
-
-        auto opTimeRhs = Op::zot( valueOf(probInstat.getOldSolution(_i)) );
-        prob.addVectorOperator(opTimeRhs, _i, probInstat.getInvTau());
-
-	// <grad(q_i), grad(theta_i)>
-	auto opL = Op::sot( constant(1.0) );
-	prob.addMatrixOperator(opL, _i, 2+_i);
-
-	// <f(p1,p2) * grad(p_i), grad(theta_i)>
-	auto opL2 = Op::sot( func([wn](WorldVector const& grd_p0, WorldVector const& grd_p1)
-          {
-            return wn * (1.0 - inner(grd_p0, grd_p0) - inner(grd_p1, grd_p1));
-          }, gradientOf(prob.getSolution(_0)), gradientOf(prob.getSolution(_1)) )
-        );
-	prob.addMatrixOperator(opL2, _i, _i);
-
-	auto opL2Rhs = Op::fot( func([wn](WorldVector const& grd_pi, WorldVector const& grd_pj)
-          {
-            return ((-2.0*wn) * (inner(grd_pi, grd_pi) + inner(grd_pj, grd_pj))) * grd_pi;
-          }, gradientOf(prob.getSolution(_i)), gradientOf(prob.getSolution(_1 - _i)) ),
-        GRD_PSI);
-	prob.addVectorOperator(opL2Rhs, _i);
-
-        for_<0,2>([&](auto _j)
-        {
-          auto opL3 = Op::sot( func([wn](WorldVector const& grd_pi, WorldVector const& grd_pj)
-            {
-              return outer(grd_pj, (-2.0*wn)*grd_pi);
-            }, gradientOf(prob.getSolution(_i)), gradientOf(prob.getSolution(_j)) )
-          );
-          prob.addMatrixOperator(opL3, _i, _j);
-
-        });
-
-        // <q_i, psi_i>
-        auto opM = Op::zot( constant(-1.0/K) );
-	prob.addMatrixOperator(opM, 2+_i, 2+_i);
-
-	// <-K*grad(p_i), grad(psi_i)>
-	auto opL3 = Op::sot( constant(1.0) );
-	prob.addMatrixOperator(opL3, _2 + _i, _i);
-
-        for (auto& p : prob.getSolution(_i).getVector())
-          p = 2.0*(std::rand() / double(RAND_MAX)) - 1.0;
-
-        for (auto& q : prob.getSolution(_2 + _i).getVector())
-          q = 0.0;
-    });
-
-    AdaptInstationary adapt("adapt", prob, adaptInfo, probInstat, adaptInfo);
-    adapt.adapt();
-
-    AMDiS::finalize();
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/projects/director_field/director.json.2d b/projects/director_field/director.json.2d
deleted file mode 100644
index 604b1a2a8a6ed4ec7ecca3d769a6866d34960ef6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/projects/director_field/director.json.2d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dimension of world":             3,
-
-  "sphereMesh": {
-    "macro file name":    "./macro/sphere_flat.3d",
-    "global refinements": 0
-  },
-
-  "polar": {
-    "mesh":                   "sphereMesh",
-    "names": ["p0", "p1", "q0", "q1"],
-
-    "solver" : {
-      "name":		"direct",
-      "ell": 3,
-      "max iteration":	5000,
-      "relative tolerance":	1e-6,
-      "info":		1
-    },
-
-    "output": {
-      "filename":       	"director",
-      "output directory":       "output",
-      "ParaView format": 	1
-    },
-
-    "wn": 100,
-    "K": 1.0,
-    "R": 1.0
-  },
-
-  "adapt": {
-    "timestep":    1.0e-4,
-    "start time":  0.0,
-    "end time":    1.0
-  }
-}