SAB Vitality Committee Report Annette Reilly February 3, 2016

Vitality Committee Purpose and Approach “Meet with sponsors to transmit best practices among them and to recommend reorganization of sponsors with diminishing workload” Approach: –Evaluate 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. 2Vitality May 2014

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 Portfolio Sustainment: Revision or stabilization of a portfolio of approved standards; use of strategic planning to identify new projects; relevance of standards to current technology 3Vitality Committee Feb 14

Standards to be revised/withdrawn 4Vitality May standards will need revision or archiving in 2018 (160% of the 2015 workload)

Portfolio review priorities Revise or withdraw? Standards expiring in 2018 Older standards with no expiration date o Some may be stabilized, leave as is Technically obsolete standards Standards inconsistent with more recent standards Withdrawals not reflected in IEEE standards store New standards for new or existing sponsors? New technology areas (IEEE-CS top 9 of 2016) Market or producer interest Gaps in existing work program 5Vitality May 2014

Expiring PARS 6Vitality May PARS Expiring 2016 expiring, not yet in ballot Cloud Computing (CCSC) Design Automation (DASC) Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIFA) Information Assurance (IASC) LAN/MAN (IEEE 802, LM) aj, ak, aq; 15.8, 16.3, 22.1 Learning Technology (LTSC)1 Microprocessor (MSC) Portable Applications (PASC) Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SI) Software & Systems Engineering (S2ESC) , , 1723 SAB Sponsor (1680, 1857, 3333) Storage Systems (SSSC) Test Technology (TTSC) Voting Systems (VSSC) Expiring PARs= project incomplete after 4 years. Finish in 2016? PAR extension request? Withdraw PAR or let it expire?

Vitality observations Sponsor committees range from very large portfolios (LM, S2ESC) to start-ups with no completed projects (FIFA) –Newer sponsors TT, VSSC have new active projects Sponsors with no new work –Mature portfolio: PA (one in revision) –Dynamic area: Information Assurance Possible causes of vitality concerns: Sponsor change, lack of sponsor change, WG chair change or not, difficulty reaching consensus, lack of urgency from WG and sponsor, lack of active WG members, need for standard has waned 7Vitality May 2014

Sponsor vitality data 8SAB Vitality, May 2014