1. ESS Standardisation Process
DIME-ITDG plenary meeting
February 2017
Denis GROFILS

2. Outline of the presentation
Background and brief history
Added value of ESS standards
Expected use of ESS standards
Next steps considered
Questions to the DIME-ITDG
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3. Background and brief history
Timeline
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4. Background and brief history
The process of ESS standardisation
Process and principles of ESS standardisation adopted by the 26th Meeting of the ESSC on 25 September 2015
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5. Added value of ESS standards
A standard is a type of normative document
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6. Added value of ESS standards
Established in the respects of ESS standardisation principles
Consensus
Transparency and openness
Balance
Due process
Proportionality
Managed throughout their lifecycle under the ESS standardisation process
Based on explicit needs
Formally approved
Reviewed and maintained
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7. Added value of ESS standards
Means to capture knowledge and promote best practices
Key element in support to interoperability
Stimulate competition among service providers and reduce dependency and vendor lock-in
Important support to leadership in innovation
Positive impact on quality, trust and transparency, comparability, …
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8. Expected use of ESS standards
Designing and building statistical processes
Solution patterns can translate into re-usable designs and implementations
Support interoperability and cooperation
For example: Joint development projects, sharing services, benchmarking, knowledge exchange and staff mobility, …
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9. Expected use of ESS standards
Requirements in ESS projects, grants or calls for tenders
Common language, best practices and clear benchmarks against which work can be assessed
When innovation is a target
Capturing innovative approaches in ESS standards can support the move from lab/pilot phases to production
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10. Next steps considered Promote ESS standardisation
Action plan for each step of the process
Criteria to assess the quality of the portfolio of ESS standards
Involve systematically ESS governance bodies
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11. Questions to the DIME-ITDG
How to ensure the support of MS to this whole standardisation process?
How to prioritize normative documents which could be candidate as ESS standards (domains, GSBPM phases, ESS.VIP outputs)?
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12. Questions to the DIME-ITDG
Inventory of candidate normative documents E G O N S T A D R I
Prioritization by WGs
Validation by DIME-ITDG / Directors Groups
Adoption by the ESSC
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13. Questions to the DIME-ITDG
How will the effective use of standards be assessed in ESS projects and grants?
Should the catalogue of standards be further organised (according to types of standards, from a users' perspective)?
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