Transcript Overview of the IEEE-SA Process Maintenance of IEEE standards Soo H. Kim, Program Manager, Technical Program Development NPEC Subcommittee SC-3 Jan 24, 2011

Overview of the IEEE-SA Process
Maintenance of IEEE standards
Soo H. Kim,
Program Manager, Technical Program Development
NPEC Subcommittee SC-3
Jan 24, 2011
Agenda
• Overview of the Process
• Maintenance of IEEE Standards
• Reaffirmation
• Revision
• Withdraw
• Proposed Changes on Maintenance Process
• Resources
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IEEE Standards Development: Process
Flow
Idea!
Maximum of 4
years
Project
Approval
Process
Develop
Draft
Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
IEEE-SA
Standards
Board
Approval
Process
Publish
Standard
Reaffirm STD
Revise STD
Archive
Withdraw STD
Maximum of 5 years
Maintenance of IEEE standards
Standards life cycle (5-year review)
• Sponsor needs to take a maintenance action on a standard
within five years of its IEEE-SA Standards Board approval
date.
• A maintenance action on an active standard are,
• Revise a standard by submitting a PAR;
• Reaffirm a standard by initiating reaffirmation ballot;
• Withdraw a standard (administratively or withdrawal
ballot); or
• Stabilize a standard by initiate stabilization ballot
• If no action are made at the end of a maintenance cycle,
RevCom will make a default recommendation of
withdrawal to IEEE-SA Standards Board
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Maintenance of IEEE standards :
Reaffirmation Process
Idea!
Maximum of 4
years
Project
Approval
Process
Develop
Draft
Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
IEEE-SA
Standards
Board
Approval
Process
Publish
Standard
Reaffirm STD
Revise STD
Archive
•
Maximum of 5 years
Withdraw STD
Sponsor reviews the standard on the
maintenance review to determine it contains no
significant obsolete or erroneous information and
is useful in its current form
Maintenance of IEEE standards :
Reaffirmation Process
Idea!
Maximum of 4
years
Project
Approval
Process
Develop
Draft
Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
IEEE-SA
Standards
Board
Approval
Process
Publish
Standard
Reaffirm STD
Revise STD
Archive
•
Maximum of 5 years
Withdraw STD
Form a ballot group, and initiate reaffirmation
ballot through myProject system.
Maintenance of IEEE standards :
Reaffirmation Process
• Must be approved by at least 75% ballot group or
reaffirmation ballot fails;
• The Sponsor shall review and respond to all ballot
comments;
• Affirmative vote with comments
• Provide comment response to show
consideration.
• Proceed with reaffirmation of standard
• Disapprove vote with comments
• Determine if the technical comment is actual
significant technical error or omission. If so,
may need to revise the standard.
• Provide response to show consideration and
conduct recirculation.
• Submit to RevCom
IEEE Standards Development:
Reaffirmation of Standard
Idea!
Maximum of 4
years
Project
Approval
Process
Develop
Draft
Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
IEEE-SA
Standards
Board
Approval
Process
Publish
Standard
Reaffirm STD
Revise STD
Archive
Maximum of 5 years
Withdraw STD
•
Submit to Standard Review Committee (RevCom), a committee
that makes a recommendation to IEEE-SA Standards Board for an
approval of the reaffirmation.
•
IEEE-SA Standards Board reviews the recommendation and
approve the draft standard.
Maintenance of IEEE standards :
Revision Process
Idea!
Maximum of 4
years
Project
Approval
Process
Develop
Draft
Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
IEEE-SA
Standards
Board
Approval
Process
Publish
Standard
Reaffirm STD
Revise STD
Archive
•The
Maximum of 5 years
Withdraw STD
Sponsor shall initiate revision of a standard whenever any
of the material in the standard (including all amendments,
corrigenda, etc.) becomes obsolete or incorrect, or if three or
more amendments to a base standard exist three years after its
approval or most recent reaffirmation.
Maintenance of IEEE standards :
Withdrawal Process
Idea!
Maximum of 4
years
Project
Approval
Process
Develop
Draft
Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
IEEE-SA
Standards
Board
Approval
Process
Publish
Standard
Reaffirm STD
Revise STD
Archive
•
Maximum of 5 years
Withdraw STD
Standards that are no longer useful or contain significant obsolete
or erroneous information should be recommended for withdrawal by
the Sponsor.
•
A recommendation for withdrawal shall be supported by a ballot
with a 50% return and at least a 75% approval.
•
If no action are made at the end of a maintenance cycle,
RevCom will make a default recommendation of withdrawal to
IEEE-SA Standards Board
Maintenance of IEEE standards :
Proposed Change
• Issues/concerns on Reaffirmation
• Revisions PARs are not always initiated to resolve issues
raised during Reaffirmation
• Reaffirmation ballots (and heavy workloads) have led to
cursory voting as many voters cast default 'yes' votes
without really reviewing the standard(s);
• New proposal on Reaffirmation & Stabilization
• Eliminate 'Reaffirmation' and 'Stabilization' process
• Complete a Revision on a maintained standard every 10
years
• Standard is administratively withdrawn at the 10 year
mark, if no action from the sponsor
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Comments/Questions:
Resources:
IEEE-SA Website:
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/
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For more information…
Contact:
Ms. Soo Kim
Program Manager, Technical Program Development
[email protected]
732-465-6640