SAB Report1 SAB Chairman’s Report June 2004 James W. Moore Vice-President of Standards Activities IEEE Computer Society

SAB Report 2 SAB Officers and Chairs u Officers u Chair, Jim Moore u Vice-Chair, Robby Robson u Secretary, John Walz u Committee Chairs u Awards, John Walz u International Activities, Jim Moore u Procedures, Robby Robson u Vitality, Kathy Land

SAB Report 3 Sponsor Representatives u DASC: Peter Ashenden u IASC: Jack Cole u LMSC (802): Paul Nikolich u LTSC: Robby Robson u MMSC: Bob Davis u PASC: Lowell Johnson u SESC: Paul Croll u SISO SAC: Chris Rouget (alternate - Katherine Morse) u SSSC: Curtis Anderson u TTSC: Rohit Kapur (alternate - Greg Maston) u SAB-sponsored projects: Paul Eastman Sponsor representatives are voting members.

SAB Report 4 Members-at-Large u Denis Baggi u François Coallier u Erik Duval u Paul Eastman u Jim Isaak u Kathy Land u Gary Robinson u John Sheppard u John Walz u Don Wright Members-at- large are voting members.

SAB Report 5 Liaisons ToFrom IEEEJim Isaak IEEE-SA Standards BoardLowell JohnsonDon Wright SCC20John Sheppard Other SCCs JTC1François Coallier JTC1 Tech WatchJack Cole JTC1 Web Services SGL J Zhang JTC1 Privacy Mgmt SGJack Cole INCITS JTC1 TAGBob Pritchard JTC1/SC7 and SC7 TAGJim Moore IFIP AwardsJohn Walz Computer MagazineJack Cole PPCKathy Land TABJack ColeDenis Baggi Other Boards & Comm

SAB Report 6 Staff u Computer Society: John Daniel u IEEE-SA Staff Representative: Susan Tatiner, Noelle Humenick

SAB Report 7 Advisory Committee u Officers u Committee Chairs u Plus u Lowell Johnson u Don Wright u Jack Cole u Anyone is invited to attend. u AdCom will meet on day preceding SAB. u AdCom will handle routine business and make recommendations to full SAB. u SAB time will be spent on strategic business. u This is an experiment. We are inventing as we go.

SAB Report 8 Three Challenges for SAB u Challenge: Declining relevance of de jure standardization in IT profession, contrasted with an increasing need for professional norms. u Challenge: Simplify standardization for small producers. u Challenge: Broadening international impact of CS IT standardization efforts.

SAB Report 9 SAB Initiatives (1 of 3) u Challenge: Declining relevance of de jure standardization in IT profession, contrasted with an increasing need for professional norms. u Strategy: Move to a broader view of “standardization” to encompass a variety of processes and products - some very light-weight. u 2003 Accomplishments: u CS Bylaws changed to give SAB responsibility for policies for consensus agreements u Extensive discussion in SAB u 2004 Plans: u Separate meetings of SAB AdCom and whole committee – “old” SAB versus “new” SAB u Encourage standards sponsors to form relationships with other technical resources in CS, e.g. SESC with TCSE u More connections between JTC1 Tech Watch and CS tech activities u Trials of light-weight agreement workshops

SAB Report 10 SAB Initiatives (2 of 3) u Challenge: Simplify standardization for small producers. u Strategy: Simplify P&P. Provide sponsor assistance. u 2003 Accomplishments: u Simplified CS Bylaws and Procedures for SAB u Drafts of items listed below u 2004 Plans: u Drastically smaller P&P. u Embrace IEEE-SA model sponsor P&P. u Clarify sponsor relationship to SAB, i.e. step aside from some administrative functions.

SAB Report 11 SAB Initiatives (3 of 3) u Challenge: Broadening international impact of CS IT standardization efforts. u Strategy: Exploit current international liaison for SWE standardization and extend it to other IT areas. u 2003 Accomplishments: u ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 approval of IEEE-CS “Vision of Outcomes” and Coordination Procedure u One standard fast-tracked – others on the way – a dozen harmonization efforts underway u SC7 decides to adopt SWEBOK Guide as an ISO/IEC Technical Report u JTC1 Technology Watch formed – CS invited to participate u IEEE invited to apply for Category A liaison to JTC1 (mixed blessing!) u 2004 Plans (funds needed): u Participate in JTC1 Tech Watch and study groups u Offer CSDP “task analysis” for international standardization u Expand current beachheads u Exploit opportunities in software-intensive systems engineering u Request: Assign responsibility for IFIP representation to SAB