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SAB Vitality Committee Report. Annette Reilly Arthur Keller February 4, 2014. Vitality Committee Purpose and Approach. “Meet with sponsors to transmit best practices among them and to recommend reorganization of sponsors with diminishing workload” Approach:
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SAB Vitality Committee Report Annette Reilly Arthur Keller February 4, 2014
Vitality Committee Purpose and Approach • “Meet with sponsors to transmit best practices among them and to recommend reorganization of sponsors with diminishing workload” • Approach: • Identify existing and potential new measures of vitality for sponsors • Identify indications of moribund or dysfunctional sponsors • Collect performance data for identified vitality indicators • Recommend changes in sponsor status if indicated • Support strategic discussions to contribute to the vitality of SAB as a whole through identifying new projects or sponsor committees (working with Special Projects) • Build the IEEE-CS brand as the SDO of choice.
Vitality Indicators • Productivity: Number of active revision and new projects, projects started, abandoned, completed before PAR expiration • Engagement: Number of active working groups, number of working group and SC members, number of study groups, liaisons to other standards development organizations (SDO) and IEEE-CS TCs, extent of international participation, longevity of leadership, involvement of new leaders/members, involvement of major industry stakeholders and users • Compliance: Operating within approved P&P (soon-all) • Sustainment: Revision or stabilization of a portfolio of approved standards; use of strategic planning to identify new projects; relevance of standards to current technology • Not a major concern in 2014, but 62 of 286 projects will need revision or archiving in 2018
Vitality observations • Sponsor committees range from very large portfolios to start-ups with no completed projects • Both can be vital sponsors • All current sponsors show some signs of vitality • Individual situations to be explored with SAB chair and sponsors • Late-completing projects can have various causes • Lack of interested SMEs, contending WG interests, analytical WG members, lack of sponsor/SAB guidance on IEEE procedures • Diminishing workload is not always a bad sign • Stabilized processes and systems vs relevance to current technology and methods • New standard development vs adoption of existing specifications