1 TSG Leadership Process Recommendations Inclusions and Exclusions

2 Goals of the TSG Leadership Analysis Goals: – –Find ways to streamline the 3GPP decision making process – –Reduce company/delegate frustration Recommendations are fine-tuning of the existing processes – –3GPP processes overall work pretty well – –Key consideration: Do no harm Does not address any restructuring – –Much frustration due to overload of some groups – –Handovers between groups not always efficient

3 Issues Addressed Consensus and Voting – –How to prevent blocking by a small minority – –Do rules for last minute voting and voting list composition need clarification? WorkItem creation – –Can and should we raise the bar for WID and SID creation? Improved Workplan and Release Planning Running meeting more efficiently and fairly – –See ARIB/TTC contribution Miscellaneous – –Tools – –Workflow between Stages – –Training

4 Issues Not Addressed TSG or WG Organization –Out of ScopeTSG or WG Organization –Out of Scope Partitioning of work between WGs – Out of ScopePartitioning of work between WGs – Out of Scope Prioritization of Work – Out of ScopePrioritization of Work – Out of Scope Top Down Release Planning – Out of ScopeTop Down Release Planning – Out of Scope Reducing Architectural Divergence – Out of ScopeReducing Architectural Divergence – Out of Scope Meeting Schedule – Already Discussed Many TimesMeeting Schedule – Already Discussed Many Times Meeting Structure/Agenda – Already Discussed Many TimesMeeting Structure/Agenda – Already Discussed Many Times Meeting Venues – Already Discussed Many TimesMeeting Venues – Already Discussed Many Times Voting on other than Yes/No Questions – Issue proposed too lateVoting on other than Yes/No Questions – Issue proposed too late Unclear rules for liasing with ITU – Issue proposed too lateUnclear rules for liasing with ITU – Issue proposed too late