IEEECS VP of Standards Report to Standards Activity Board SAB

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IEEE-CS VP of Standards Report to Standards
Activity Board (SAB)

• John Walz
• Prepared for IEEE CS SAB, 28 Mar 2009

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SAB Chair Agenda

• Welcome new EASC Sponsor, Wayne Rifer
• Welcome re-elected DASC Chair, Victor Berman
• Welcome re-elected LMSC Chair, Paul Nikolich
• SAB Chair report to CS ExCom BoG
• SAB Chair report to IEEE TA Ad Hoc Standards
• SAB Chair inputs to IEEE-CS Strategic Plan
• SAB Chair comments
• IEEE membership Technical Interest Profile update
• SAB Group on IEEE-CS Community

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IEEE-CS Presidents Goals for 2008 Year of
Rejuvenation Rangachar Kasturi, 2008 President

• Enhance the value of the IEEE-CS to its members,
  its customers, the profession, and the public.
• Enhance career development
• Provide relevant products services
• Focus on New Revenue
• We Must Create Incremental Revenue and Profit to
  Eliminate Our Deficit
• Incremental Advertising Revenue

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Importance of Standards

• Standards Development is a single major value
  proposition of IEEE to the Industry and Humanity
• Major Strengths/value add of IEEE in Standards
  Development is
• the superb infrastructure/eco system (IEEE-SA
  ISTO) and
• access to the worlds best expert pool (IEEE-TA
  Societies)

Thanks to Alex Gelman 15-Feb-08
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IEEE Products and Services Relevant to Standards

• IEEE-TA/CS Products
• Publications - Magazines Journals
• Podcasts
• Webinars
• Videos
• Tutorials, Workshops
• eBooks (ReadyNotes)
• Books
• IEEE-TA/CS Services
• Meetings and Conferences
• User Groups
• Engineering Certification
• Standards Sponsorship

• IEEE-SA Products
• Published standards
• IEEE-SA Services
• Standards development Support
• Publicity of standards
• IEEE-SA ISTO Services
• Compliance / Interoperability Testing /
  certification
• Corporation support
• IEEE-USA Services
• Publicity of standards
• IEEE-EA Services
• Education in Standardization

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Technical Support of Standards Development
Deployment

• Leverage technical expertise in standards
  creation deployment
• CS value proposition is its access to technical
  expertise
• Make access to expert pool available directly to
  Study Groups, Working Groups, Balloting Groups,
  User Groups
• Create Ancillary products related to
  standardization projects podcasts, videos,
  Chapter presentations, articles, webcasts,
  tutorials, workshops, ReadyNotes (eBooks), Books
• Facilitate technical discussion via workshops,
  conference, panels, online
• Stimulate academic research in relevant to
  standards projects areas

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SAB Chair report to CS ExCom / BoG

• Jan 2008

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SAB Chair Agenda to CS ExCom / BoG

• Whos in SAB
• What has SAB done
• What will SAB do to innovate new products that
  would pave the way for our economic prosperity
• What will SAB do to carry out the business of SAB
  in the new model of a single mid-year meeting

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IEEE Organization for Standards
IEEE Board of Directors
IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA)
IEEE Technical Activities Board (IEEE TA)
CS X Y Standards Committee (xySC)
Executive Committee (EC)
Study Groups
Technical Advisory Groups
Working Groups
User Groups
Balloting Groups
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Standards Activity Board MembersOfficers
Functional Chairs

• Chair John Walz
• Vice Chair Robby Robson
• Awards David Schultz
• Policies and Procedures Robby Robson
• Products Services Pam Jones
• Vitality Jack Cole

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Standards Activity Board MembersStandards
Committee Chairs

• Design Automation (DASC) Victor Berman
• Environmental Assessment (EASC) Holly Elwood
  Wayne Kifer
• Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
  (FIPA) Jim Odell
• Information Assurance (IASC) Jack Cole
• Learning Technology (LTSC) Robby Robson
• Local Area Networks/MAN (802) (LMSC) Paul
  Nikolich
• Microprocessors (MSC) Bob Davis
• Portable Applications (PASC) Lowell Johnson
• Simulation Interoperability (SISO-SAC) Jane
  Bachman
• Software Systems Engineering (S2ESC) Paul
  Croll
• Storage Systems (SSSC) Curtis Anderson
• Test Technology (TTSC) Rohit Kapur
• SAB Sponsored Projects Paul Eastman

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Standards Activity Board Members Liaisons to
other CS boards

• TC Jack Cole
• New Practitioners COI - John Harauz
• TCSE Paul Croll
• TCTT Rohit Kapur
• EPSB Pam Jones
• CAB EAB David Schultz
• PPC, PUB, John Harauz
• Membership, CB, History John Walz

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Standards Activity Board Members Liaisons to
other Organizations

• IEEE-SA Standards Board - Don Wright
• IEEE-SA SCC20 Test Diagnosis for Electronic
  Systems - John Sheppard
• IEEE-TA ad hoc Committee on Standards - John
  Walz
• ISO/ IEC JTC1 Joint Technical Committee 1 -
  Francois Coallier
• ISO/ IEC JTC1 SC7 Software System Engineering -
  Jim Moore

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IEEE-CS positive role in IEEE standards

• Largest active projects (100 out of 471)
• Largest of volunteers (about 5K)
• Working Groups
• Ballot Groups
• Highest median of volunteers in WG
• Highest sales
• Largest portion of IEEE-SA membership revenue
• Most expensive operations
• Most Relevant standards (15 winners vs. 85
  losers)
• Best technical brands WiFi (802.11), WiMax
  (802.16), Bluetooth (802.15), Firewire (1394)
• Best boutiques where experts come to us as we
  have the critical mass or franchise
• LMSC/802
• Software Systems Engineering
• Strongest driver for mechanized standards
  development processes
• Most leaders represented in IEEE-SA BoG
  Standards Board (7)

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SAB 2007 Accomplishments

• IEEE Membership Survey showed good results on
  usage and satisfaction
• Level standards initiation and production
• Growth
• Added Environmental Assessments Standards
  Committee
• Added Study Group on Gaming Technologies
• Sought received funding for LETSI foundation
• Improved communications with IEEE-SA resulting in
  better alignment
• Supported Awards recognition for volunteers
• Hans Karlsson, Standards Medallion Award,
  International
• Populated SAB Community Website
• Solicited experts for Standards Speakers Bureau
• Revised meet 2007 budget
• Created Standards Podcasts

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SAB Goals for 2008

• Work with TC on emerging technologies to find
  build another 802 brand
• Bring in more GOLD industry practitioners from
  Top 100 RD Spenders as volunteers in Consensus
  IP Life Cycle
• Engage WG / TAG experts into creating Consensus
  IP products
• Increase Consensus IP products type and quantity
• Negotiate to share other IEEE functions and
  channels - Dont duplicate
• Engage IEEE-SA to plan and work closer with IEEE
  Societies
• Defining the IEEE strategy in standards
• Share best practices with other IEEE Societies
• Improve SAB Sponsor Vitality
• Areas of Excellence
• CS SA Process Conformance
• Encourage the Criteria for Standards Development

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IEEE-CS Consensus IP Products

• Podcasts, i.e. IEEE Talks Software Process
• Webinars, i.e. Home Networking Standards
• Video, i.e. WirelessMAN Inside the IEEE 802.16
  Standard
• Computer Standards Column, i.e. Safety Issues in
  Modern Bus Standards
• White Papers, i.e. Coexistence Assurance (CA)
  Document - TAG 802.19
• Journal, tbd
• Tutorials, i.e. IEEE 802.16
• Workshop, i.e. IEEE 802 Standards A Standards
  Education Workshop
• ReadyNotes, i.e. IEEE Software Engineering
  Standards Support for the CMMI Project Planning
  Process Area
• Books, i.e. 802.11 Handbook

By IEEE-CS, IEEE-SA, IEEE-ComSoc, IEEE-EA
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CS inputs to IEEE-TA Technical Activities Ad Hoc
on Standards

• 24-Mar-08

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Initial CS Recommendations - 1

• Aim to insure first to market for IEEE
  standards
• Harmonize standards portfolio planning and the TA
  technology road map.
• Increase investment on the part of societies into
  the standards projects, especially in early
  stages
• Reduce Standards Development interval
• Provide IT support to Study Groups (SG) and
  Working Groups (WG) for both virtual meetings and
  attracting qualified volunteers
• Reward Societies for investing their members IP
  in IEEE-SA
• Implement 3-level pricing for products and
  services (non-IEEE, IEEE, IEEE/Society)
• Resell agreements with Societies
• Appeal to Sponsoring Committee members to become
  members of SA and member of the sponsor society
• Require Sponsor Ballot Group members to be
  members of the sponsor society in addition to
  being member of IEEE-SA (or pay balloting fee)
• Societies should include sponsored WGs in their
  awards activities
• Standards Committee should have presence on
  Societys BoG representation on the IEEE-SA
  Standards Board

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Initial CS Recommendations - 2

• Conferences should offer standards-related
  program tracks
• Publications should include Standards relevant
  issues or series
• Technical Committees
• should offer their global expert pool access to
  WGs
• should be required to have active links to their
  Standards Subcommittees

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Initial CS Recommendations - 3

• Sponsoring Committees (SC) should practice expert
  reviews in their Standards Development process
• SC Criteria for Standards Development
• Broad Market Potential
• Compatibility
• Distinct Identity
• Technical Feasibility
• Economic Feasibility
• Coexistence with other standards, specifications,
  or licenses
• SC Technology Roadmap for standards
• SC Standards alignment with other SDO ISO,IEC,
  JTC1
• SC Vitality measures for recognition and
  assistance from CS SA

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Proposed SAB inputs to IEEE-CS Strategic Plan

• April 2008

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IEEE-CS Strategic Plan - Proposed SAB inputs 1

• CS SAB Sponsors work with IEEE-SA Staff on to
  create joint CS/SA projects that meet the needs
  of our joint stakeholders and for the betterment
  of IEEE brand
• Emerging technologies (e.g. Gaming Technologies)
• New / proposed consortia (e.g. LETSI)
• Ancillary Products on Standards (e.g. SA/EA 802
  Workshop)
• Guidance from IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group

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IEEE-CS Strategic Plan - Proposed SAB inputs 2

• Create Sponsor vitality measures and reward
  excellence in areas of
• Architecture road map of Standards (e.g.
  LMSC/802)
• Conformance Testing (e.g. POSIX IEEE 2003.1)
• Conformity Assessment (e.g. EPEAT IEEE 1680)
• Implementation support (e.g. S2ESC book series)

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IEEE-CS Strategic Plan - Proposed SAB inputs 3

• Strategy to engage Top companies with CS members
• Trace IEEE-CS Sponsor Working Group and Ballot
  Group members affiliations to the top CS
  companies
• Assign volunteer liaisons to top ten CS companies
• Focus groups to articulate value statement and
  their members need for continual professional
  development
• Plan new services
• Promote membership to top CS companies

• Top Orgs of CS Members
• IBM
• Lockheed Martin
• Northup Grumman
• Intel Corp.
• Raytheon
• Microsoft
• HP
• Motorola
• Alcatel-Lucent
• Cisco Systems

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IEEE-CS Strategic Plan - Proposed SAB inputs 4

• Identify emerging technologies
• Start SAB / Sponsor formal planning and
  communications with CS Technical Committees (TC)
  / Technical Forums (TF) to identify emerging
  technologies ready for standards
• Initiate Study Groups
• Address Criteria for Standards Development
• Draft PAR for either IEEE-SA or SDO who already
  hold that franchise

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Industrial Competitive Research
Markets
IEEE
TechnicalComm. Publications Conferences
StandardsDevelopment
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IEEE-CS Strategic Plan - Proposed SAB inputs 5

• Standards Life Cycle
• Industry issues on inter-operability or waste
• Research matches problem definition
• Proposed solutions
• Standards Study Group
• Standards Working Group
• Standards Balloting Group
• Standards published
• Revision
• Reaffirmation
• Stabilized
• Withdrawn

• Users Group formed
• Ancillary Products on Standards
• Need
• Usage
• Implementation
• White papers
• Conformance
• Self declaration
• Test / audit
• Assistance / consultants
• Body of Knowledge updated

Consensus Intellectual Property
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IEEE-CS Strategic Plan - Proposed SAB inputs 6

• IEEE 8 Core Values relating to Standards in
  Computer Society
• Service to Humanity Standards benefit end-users
  along with vendors
• Global Focus Standards development requires
  world-wide volunteer involvement for excellent
  products with inter-operability
• Trust and Respect Standards development within
  CS SA is seamless as they work together
• Growth and Nurturing of the Profession Standards
  development supports all levels of professional
  maturation
• Collaboration and Community Building Standards
  development that is open following due process
  that encourage others participation and
  contributions
• Professionalism Standards development that
  values the knowledge of individual professionals
• Intellectual Activity Standards development for
  both mature and emerging technologies
• Peer Review Standards development that produce
  excellent standards for the benefit of the
  end-user

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Other IEEE-CS Standards Goals

• Play a critical role in defining the IEEE
  strategy in standards