IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee (S2ESC)
Executive Committee
Minutes of Meeting # 112
9 August 2004
Monday, August 9 – S2ESC Working Group Chairs Workshop
Welcome and Introductions [Croll]
Dave Schultz, MB Chair
Carl Singer
Angela Ortiz
Mike Waterman
Scott Duncan
Vladan Jovanovic
Annette Reilly
Keith Middleton
Ron Dean
S2ESC Background and Organization [Croll]
Paul Croll discussed S2ESC background and organization and the summary presentation is attached.
IEEE-SA Standards Development, Balloting, and Publication Process Training [Ortiz]
This information is available on the S2ESC website.
S2ESC Policy and Procedure Training [Schultz/Land]
David Schultz and Kathy Land presented and discussed the following policies, procedures, and S2ESC source documents:
S2ESC Guide for Working Groups (Dave)
Fundamental Policies (Kathy)
FP-02 -- S2ESC Mission (What is S2ESC all about?)
FP-07 -- General Requirements on Standards (What are the requirements for standards?)
FP-11 -- Consistency Principles (How well must the S2ESC standards fit together?)
FP-14 -- SWEBOK (What is the SWEBOK and how closely are we tied to it?)
Strategic Policies (Dave)
SP-08 -- Life Cycle Process Frameworks (Is there an approved S2ESC SW life cycle?)
SP-10 -- Consistency Objectives (With what other standards must we be consistent?)
SP-13 -- Participation in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 (Does S2ESC have any connection to ISO?)
S2ESC Procedures (Kathy)
SESC-02 -- Milestone Definition (What are the standard milestones in the life cycle of a standard?)
SESC-03 -- Working Group Progress Reports (What kind of progress reports does S2ESC expect from the working groups?)
SESC-04 -- Project Plan Preparation (How do you plan out a standards project?)
S2ESC Procedures (Dave)
SESC-05 -- PAR Criteria (What's required for a PAR?)
Working Group Discussion [Croll]
Lessons Learned
Paul Croll presented a briefing of a summary of lessons learned as described by previous WG chairs.
Please check the S2ESC
website for upcoming projects and opportunities.
Monday, August 9 – S2ESC Management Board Meeting
Attendees:
Dave Schultz, MB Chair
Carl Singer
Angela Ortiz
Mike Waterman
Scott Duncan
Vladan Jovanovic
Keith Middleton
Ron Dean
Approval of Agenda
Approved agenda is attached.
Status
Standards projects currently underway [Schultz]
Please refer to attached spreadsheet summary for a current snapshot of standards activity.
610.12 [Jim Moore] – working to secure a WG chair for this effort.
828 [Scott Duncan] - John Scott is addressing the ISO comments that Jonathan Earthy submitted.
829 [Claire Lohr, Bob Shillato] – Claire is working issue of changing the title of the standard to broader title. She will also be looking at how to incorporate system and supporting processes into this standard. Looking to go to ballot during the first part of next year.
830/1233 [Carl Singer] – Ted Byrne submitted a document outline. There has been a second proposal submitted as well. Need to gain consensus and promote a standard that supports this consensus. Please refer to attached Discussion Framework. Two proposals have been submitted for this combined standard and these are attached: document outline and document outline2.
982.1 [Bob Shillato] - Allen Nikora is heading the ballot resolution group. There were three negative ballots; the ballot resolution group is hoping to be able to meet October deadline for December RevCom meeting.
1012 [Scott Duncan] - Ballot is completed; there were six negative ballots, a recirculation is required. Closed June 2004, 6 negative ballots. Roger Fujii is resolving balloting comments. Mike will talk to Roger regarding the upcoming deadlines.
1016 [Mike Waterman] - Vladan is the WG chair. In final edit stages of draft to be submitted to reviewers. Anticipates that draft will be complete within a couple of weeks. Anticipate this going to ballot NLT February. This is moving from a recommended practice to a standard.
1044 [Bob Shillato] – There is a possible candidate for this revision. No report from Bob.
1045 [Claire Lohr] – Pete Baxter was the WG chair and has been in poor health, the possibility of a co-chair was put forward. Cheryl Jones was suggested and has tentatively accepted. Paul Croll will contact Pete.
1058 [Jim Moore] – This standard is being submitted to SC7, for merger with ISO 16326. Paul Croll will serve as IEEE co-chair and editor/secretary.
1061 [Dave Schultz] - Has been reaffirmed (June), and approved by RevCom on June 23, 2004.
1062 [Mike Waterman] – Has not started, need to determine when PAR submission will take place and if Joe Jarzombek is interested in remaining WG Chair.
1063 [Jim Moore] - SC7 has requested a copy for study and possible harmonization with ISO/IEC 18019. The hope is that this will turn into a joint effort.
1074 [Bob Shillato] - The WG is reviewing comments that Jim Moore submitted; Keith has asked for an IEEE editor to review the draft before balloting.
1175 [Scott Duncan] - 1175.3 has been approved; 1175.2 and .5 are on hold while the WG chair finds a new job.
1220 [Jim Moore, Paul Croll, Claire Lohr] - Ballot group invitation closed May 7 2004; working through the categorization of the comments for resolution.
1362 [Carl Singer] - RevCom extended this one till December 2005, to give us time to finish 830/1233.
1462 [Dave Schultz, Jim Moore] - SC7 is making very slow progress on 14102; we have initiated reaffirmation.
1465 [Dave Schultz, Jim Moore] - SC7 is making very slow progress on 12119; we have initiated reaffirmation.
1471 [Claire Lohr, Jim Moore] - Stephen Schwarm, of Mitre, has agreed to be Chair. The MB unanimously approved carrying the recommendation of Stephen Schwarm as chair of 1471 to the ExCom. Rich Hilliard will be editor and secretary; SC7 has asked that 1471 be submitted to them for study.
1517 [Bob Shillato, Jim Moore] - Reaffirmed; SC7 has asked that this be submitted to them for study.
1644 [Kathy Land] - How is Yvette Tanious coming on the Nomenclature standard?
1648 [Carl Singer/Scott Duncan] - A working group is being assembled; work will start in the fall. Scott currently has about 17 people who have volunteered to participate.
2001 [Jim Moore] - This is being fast-tracked to SC7. Jim hasn't found anyone to head it up.
12207 set [Paul Croll] - ISO SC7 has developed some document amendments, which add lifecycle objectives and outcomes. The question has been do we move to adopt these now, or wait until the revision is complete. The MB unanimously decided to recommend to the ExCom that these documents be reaffirmed. Paul Croll will inform EIA or our decision.
14143.1 [Kathy Land, Jim Moore] - SC7 will do a corrigendum; Jim recommends that we reaffirm this to keep it alive. The MB unanimously decided to recommend this reaffirmation to the ExCom.
14471 [Jim Moore] - Adoption of ISO standard; Looking for a WG Chair to work this adoption. Carl Singer will review this standard and make a recommendation to the MB.
14764/1219 [Paul Croll] - What were the results of the recent SC7 and IEEE ballots. ISO ballot closes end of Sept. Will kick off the recirculation ballot for IEEE in a couple of weeks. Hope to work comment resolution in October.
15288 [Jim Moore] – Standard is in the first ballot. 14 votes received, with 2 more weeks to go.
16085 [Jim Moore] – (1540) Balloted in February 2004, IEEE recirculation has completed ISO ballot has not.
90003 [Scott Duncan, Dave Schultz] - IEEE, ISO, and ANSI have negotiated for IEEE to get an editable copy to use.
List of current MB assignments by MB member
Paul Croll: 12207.0, .1, .2 (joint revision with EIA); also chair of 14764/1219 (in ballot), IEEE co-chair of merger of IEEE 1058 with ISO/IEC 16326 (5 projects)
Scott Duncan: 828 (active, in ballot), 1012 (active, ballot has closed), 1175.2, .4, .5 (active); also WG chair for P1648 and IEEE/ASQC 90003 (7 projects)
Kathy Land: 1058 (SC7 will merge this with ISO/IEC 16326), 1644 (active, but status uncertain), 14143.1 (waiting to see what SC7 does; may need to start reaffirmation during 2004); also working on the contents of 610.12 (4 projects)
Claire Lohr: 1045 (active), 1220 (forming balloting group), 1471 (starting up soon; Claire has found a WG chair, but ExCom needs to confirm him); also WG chair of 829 (4 projects)
Carl Singer: 830/1233 (to be merged; review of outline will be on the ExCom agenda; need a WG chair), 1362 (eventually to be merged with 830/1233), 1648 (starting up; Scott Duncan is WG chair); also WG chair of 1175.2, .4, .5 (6 projects)
Dave Schultz: 1061 (just reaffirmed), 1462/14102 (to be reaffirmed), 1465/12119 (to be reaffirmed), 14764/1219 (in ballot with SC7), 90003 (starting up) (5 projects)
Bob Shillato: 730 (not active yet), 829 (active, Claire is WG Chair), 982.1 (active, Allen Nikora is leading the Ballot Resolution Group), 1044 (on hold pending a willing chair), 1074 (active) (5 projects)
Mike Waterman: 1016 (active, with new WG chair), 1062 (starting up soon) (2 projects)
SC7 Liaison Assignments
Jim Moore: 610.12 (SC7 is working this), 1058 (submitting to SC7 for merger with ISO/IEC 16326), 1517 (to be contributed to SC7 for next revision of 12207), 2001 (to be fast tracked to SC7, but Jim hasn't found a chair), 14143.1 (SC7 may decide to revise; if not, we should reaffirm), 15288 (will adopt ISO version with an IEEE annex), 16085/1540 (active, in ballot, coordinated revision with SC7) (7 projects)
WG Rosters for Indemnification
All working groups are required to submit a membership roster to IEEE-SA annually. IEEE-SA has provided a standard Excel template for this purpose, which is available on our web site. These rosters are used to satisfy the IEEE-SA requirement for indemnification. Any WG member who doesn't want to be indemnified, in the event of litigation, is free to withhold his/her contact information from the roster.
Plan for incorporating 12207 annexes into the body of 11 standards
Here's a little background on this item. As you may recall, back in 1998, Leonard Tripp updated 11 standards for compliance with IEEE/EIA 12207.1. These standards were: 730, 828, 829, 830, 1012, 1016, 1058, 1062, 1219, 1233, and 1362.
Leonard included an annex in each of these standards, to provide guidelines for compliance with 12207.1. The intent was that people who used these standards would be able to consult these annexes to learn how to make the documents they developed (plans, etc.) compliant with 12207.1.
S2ESC intends that these annexes should not be permanent, but should serve only as stopgaps. It's intended that, as each of these standards is updated, the WG will eliminate these annexes and bring the 12207.1 compliance text into the body of each standard.
We currently have working groups, in various stages of the WG life cycle, working on several of these 11 standards. David submitted the follow table, which shows the status of each annex. He reminded the MB representatives to inform the active working groups that that our goal is to eliminate these annexes, and find out whether they're prepared to do so.
Standard MB Rep WG Chair Comments
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730 Bob Ron Dean Annex was eliminated during preparation of 730- 2002 |
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828 Scott John Scott Annex is being revised, but is not incorporated into body of standard |
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829 Bob Claire Lohr WG is converting 829 to a process standard |
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830/1233 Carl Ted Byrne Ted has prepared an outline combining 830 with 1233 |
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1012 Scott Roger Fujii Content map was published as IEEE 1012a- 1998 |
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1016 Mike Vladan J. New WG chair is getting things moving again |
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1058 Jim Paul Croll Merging with ISO/IEC 16326 |
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1062 Mike J. Jarzombek WG has not yet been formed |
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1219 Dave Paul Croll Joint revision with ISO/IEC 14764; IEEE version was balloted in April 2004 |
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1362 Carl (vacant) We plan to revise 1362 for consistency with ISO 15288 |
Oversight of Working Groups for conformance with SWEBOK and 12207
Include conformance with SWEBOK and 12207 in new PARS and then we'll need to make our WG chairs aware of this requirement, and monitor their progress
Do we want to hold regular life-cycle progress reviews of projects, and check for SWEBOK/12207 conformance? Our present procedures (especially SESC-09, "Project Readiness Review") make provision for this, but we haven't been meticulous about following them. If we do, we'll need to be careful to couch our requests in a positive manner, so the WG chairs understand that this is something we're proposing in order to improve the final product and help ensure that it meets all S2ESC requirements, including but not limited to SWEBOK/12207 conformance.
Projects that we need to initiate during 2004 and 2005
1063-2001 - Action is required in 2005. The MB may decide to harmonize with ISO 18019. Scott Duncan is MB representative and Annette Reilly is prepared to chair a reaffirmation or revision.
1362-1998 - Carl Singer is the MB representative. Do not plan to submit a PAR any time soon; we may eventually harmonize with 830/1233; we have requested an extension.
1462-1998 - IEEE adoption of revised version of ISO/IEC 14102 - RevCom has granted an extension and reaffirmation is in progress. Dave is MB representative.
1465-1998 - IEEE adoption of revised version of ISO/IEC 12119 - RevCom has granted an extension and reaffirmation is in progress. Dave is MB representative.
1471-2000 - Action required in 2004; revise for consistency with forthcoming IEEE adoption of 15288. Claire Lohr is MB representative and Stephen Schwarm has been proposed for WG Chair.
1517-1999 - Reaffirmed March 2004. To contribute to SC7 for a revision of 12207, to address software reuse; Jim is MB representative.
14143.1-2000 - Action required in late 2004; feed IEEE changes back to SC7 for their revision; Kathy is MB rep; Jim recommends that we reaffirm this to keep it alive.
Stabilized standards
These have now become a reality within IEEE. The MB unanimously recommends to ExCom to set up a small study group to determine which standards should be categorized as stabilized standards.
Tuesday, August 10 – S2ESC Executive Committee Board Meeting
Attendees:
Paul Croll, S2ESC Chair
Dave Schultz, MB Chair
Kathy Land, Secretary
Angela Ortiz
Jim Moore
Mark Henley
Roger Fujii
John Walz
Vladan Jovanovic
Mike Waterman
Bill Beckwith
Joe Jarzombek
Scott Duncan
Ron Dean
Carl Singer
Mary Beth Chrissis
Keith Middleton
Debbie Sparkman (telecon)
Call To Order And Approval Of The Agenda [Croll]
Please refer to approved agenda for an outline.
Status Reports / Issues
Management Board [Schultz]
The MB unanimously approved carrying the recommendation of Stephen Schwarm as chair of 1471 to the ExCom. Rich Hilliard will be editor and secretary; SC7 has asked that 1471 be submitted to them for study. The ExCom agreed with this recommendation and Stephen Schwarm will be appointed as WG Chair.
12207 set [Paul Croll] - The MB unanimously decided to recommend to the ExCom that these documents be reaffirmed while waiting for the ISO revision to complete. The ExCom agreed with this recommendation and these documents will be reaffirmed.
Roger Fujii suggested that S2ESC put together some guidance regarding how to handle the 12207 revisions during the standards development process.
14143.1 [Kathy Land, Jim Moore] - SC7 will do a corrigendum; Jim recommends that we reaffirm this to keep it alive. The MB unanimously decided to recommend this reaffirmation to the ExCom. The ExCom accepted to reaffirm this standard.
The MB unanimously recommended to ExCom to set up a small study group to determine which standards should be categorized as stabilized standards. The ExCom accepted this recommendation and will form a study group to identify and select candidates for stabilization. Jim Moore, Dave Schultz, and Kathy Land will work to start up this group. The purpose of this study group is to investigate this new category of standards and to investigate whether any of the S2ESC standards qualify.
Balloting Status [Ortiz]
Invitations – no invitations are ongoing at the moment
982.1 – supposed to have another recirculation. Allen Nikora is targeting meeting the October deadline for the December RevCom meeting.
1012 – Recirculation closed on July 16th, 6 negatives. Recirculation is being sent to Roger Fujii.
16085 – Closed first recirculation on July 29th, 9 new negative comments. This information has been sent to Bob Charette.
1220 – initial ballot with 5 negative comments, recirculation to be conducted
15288 – no negatives to date.
1462, 1465 – closing on August 22, no negative comments to date.
Balloting Issues [Croll]
Management Of The Balloting Pool [Schultz/Croll]
There are a number of people in balloting pool who do not ballot consistently. How strictly does S2ESC want to manage this pool? Non-responsiveness by members of the balloting pool can significantly affect the requirement to achieve 75% consensus.
With the newest electronically managed balloting system, email reminders are sent out and non-responsiveness is tracked. Angela will report back to the ExCom on the process for dealing with non-responsive balloters.
Roger Fujii raised the issue of members not being included in the balloting pool. Paul Croll was required to manually add 12 individuals to Roger’s balloting list. Roger suggested that we improve the taxonomy used on the PAR form and the ballot. For example, our affiliation is C/SE, this is not intuitive and needs to be changed
The ExCom is forming a small study group, chaired by Dave Schultz, which will determine how to deal with non-response from balloters. Several core issues surround the balloting process: Rate of return, ballot pool signup process, and the SPAM filtering that occurs within many companies causing the blocking of invitations to ballots. The initial participants will include Paul Croll, Mark Henley, Angela Ortiz, and Scott Duncan.
S2ESC Balloting Categories [Croll/Moore]
Previously there were four balloting categories. For ballots S2ESC is required to have less than 49% of responders in any one category (ANSI requirement). The previous categories: User, Producer, General Interest, and Other did not reflect the true nature of many of the balloters’ areas of interest. Recently S2ESC refined the categories and these have been used on two balloted standards:
Academic education
Professional and industrial training
Student
Research
Consulting
Policy and regulation
Enterprise management
Project Management
SW or Systems technical management
SW or Systems Development
SE or Systems maintenance
SW or Systems Acquisition
SW or Systems Testing
SW or Systems Integration
SW or Systems Tool Supply
Quality Management
Process Management
Other (please explain)
Working Group Status/Issues [Schultz]
1062 – Joe Jarzombek was the WG Chair for this group and is still interested in acting as Chair. There is no requirement for revision until 2007. Joe proposes to make a start decision in September.
Indemnification/WG Rosters [Schultz/Ortiz]
The issue was raised during the MB meeting regarding the timing of WG rosters for the purpose of indemnification. The requirement is to submit these rosters annually. But the ExCom needs to understand what the real requirements are to support indemnification. Paul Croll will draft a policy and set of procedures in support of WG roster definition and reporting.
Standards To Be Revised/Reaffirmed In 2004/2005 [Croll]
Please refer to MB meeting minutes.
Liaison Reports
ASQ Software Division Liaison [Duncan]
Planning to bring in experts from quality management division of ASQ.
DoD Liaison [Jarzombek]
Joe Jarzombek presented. Current DoD environment indicates that many missions are at risk due to software. There is an increasing dependence on software along with an increase in threats and vulnerabilities. The US Government has a responsibility to protect this critical infrastructure. Congress has given the direction FY04 Def Authorization Conf report 108-354; DoD must ensure that recent emphasis on procurement of COTS software will not open vulnerabilities in sensitive DoD C3I software. DoD must provide IA and protection for all DoD IT assets including: unauthorized modifications to code
OSD is drafting a policy that will recommend:
· Establish a process to prioritize assets that require high assurance
· Establish a threat assessment capability focused on software suppliers
· Offer security evaluation criteria for supplier SW development capabilities
· Develop software assurance guidelines for high assurance system eng.
· Institutionalize an Enhanced Risk Management Process to address risks attributable to software vulnerabilities and threats
· Provide explicit authorities to exclude untrustworthy suppliers
· Invest in software evaluation tools and in engineering capabilities to:
o Effectively diagnose and mitigate software risks and make software security more operationally compatible/supportable
· Establish DoD executive agent for SW vulnerability and Mitigation and Discovery
· Establish a federated, national High Assurance SW Tech and Eval Center
· Foster a workforce culture that demands software integrity: Integrate SW security in –
o IT acquisition and PM education and training.
o Coordinate with standards bodies and academic institutions.
Joe mentioned a meeting at the end of the month. Registration is free:
SOF82553 type in the code (invitation only); 30 August 2004
NASA JPL Liaison [Nikora]
No report.
SC7 Liaison [Moore]
Jim presented a summary report of the SC7 plenary. S2ESC and SC7 have agreed on a coordination procedure and a ‘Vision of Outcomes’. S2ESC is leading SC7 in four current projects and is following in six current projects. Standards are being merged in two projects.
The Vision of liaison outcomes was updated as recommended by IEEE CS.
The Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge is being processed by SC7 as TR 19759. The IEEE CS 2004 version will be sent for publication by ISO.
Certification: Steve Seidman will chair a study group considering development of an international basis for certification of software engineers.
SEI Liaison [Chrissis]
There is a new director at the SEI, Paul Neilson. SEI is trying to coordinate all the folks with various standards efforts: Dave Kitson, Mario Barbacchi, and Mary Beth Chrissis. The effort is distributed, but has not been coordinated to date. This will change and they anticipate much more coordination within the SEI regarding standards activities.
Efforts on CMMI v1.2 are starting to get underway. The appraisal team has started processing change requests. The SEI is going to pilot a training course in the Fall for combined training.
SEI is finally admitting that the models developed and released by the SEI are really models that target software development.
The acquisition module has been released.
Ukrainian Software Engineering Training Center Liaison [Moldavsky]
No Report.
New Standards Proposals [Beckwith]
Bill Beckwith presented two topics: Common Expressions/Language For Protection Profiles, and Style Guides For The Safe And Secure Sub-Sets Of Languages.
Jim Moore asserted that both items discussed end up in the scope of ISO SC22. With a couple of exceptions (ADA and POSIX) this ends up under the purview of INCITS. Jim proposed that we coordinate with these organizations to promote the items presented as standards.
S2ESC Study Groups
High Integrity Systems Study Group [Sparkman]
The question is whether to include high integrity within 12207, 15288, etc. and then point to definitive standards. Paul Croll suggested that if we proceed with this approach that we look at a possible umbrella standard (1228) and map a path to connect this with various other IEEE SE Standards.
Debbie Sparkman remarked that there was one obvious delinquency with 1228, safety design principles are not explored in detail in 1228 and this standard should be expanded to include this type of information.
Paul Croll suggested that the study group develop a detailed strategy to include a suggested document outline for an expanded 1228 revision. Debbie Sparkman proposed that this would be something that could be prepared for the October telecon.
Quality Management Study Group [Walz/Duncan]
John Walz presented a summary brief on the purpose and progress of the study group on quality management systems.
Mary Beth Chrissis suggested that we approach SEI partners (workshop coming up in October) to inform them of the value-added by using IEEE Standards in support of software process improvement.
S2ESC Archivist [Lawrence]
No report.
S2ESC Web Page [Henley]
Mark Henley has been sending reflector emails to the S2ESC ExCom as updates are posted to the web site. He requests that we work on updating the S2ESC policies and procedures. The ExCom reviewed the submissions and determined that none of the designs were acceptable as new logos. Mark and Kathy will draft a description of what is needed, contest extension and disclaimer statement. Paul will draft letter to contestants who submitted.
User Outreach [Lohr/Land]
No report.
SE-Online [Land]
SE Online is due to launch this month. Please contact Claire, Paul, Vladan, or Kathy if you are interested in submitting an article for publication.
Book Series [Fujii]
The Software Engineering book series was started roughly four years ago in order to transition the production of guides by S2ESC to individual authors and to ensure that the S2ESC standards were promoted and accurately represented.
Roger presented a briefing; status update is attached.
Standards Production/Publication Issues [Singer]
Carl Singer presented a brief summary of working group issues, concerns, and suggestions for improvement. Angela Ortiz expressed the desire to support and improve Working Group management and the standards development process.
830/1233 Consolidation [Singer]
Carl Singer provided summaries of two proposed approaches to this consolidation and posed a list of questions to S2ESC. This information is captured in the attached document.
Call To Order And Continuation Of The Agenda [Croll]
Policy On Responses To Online Questions And Comments [Schultz/Henley]
Dave Schultz and Mark Henley drafted OP-03, Operational Policy (OP) Responses to Online Comments. The policy has been circulated for preliminary comment. The implementation details will be described in a procedure that will be drafted following approval of the Operational Policy. This OP will be distributed for a ten-day pre-ballot review prior to for ballot.
Jim Moore suggested that when the procedure is written that we collect responsiveness data (eg., time stamp of arrival, time stamp of response).
Claire, Paul, and Kathy will develop a FAQ list. Dave, Mark, and Mary Beth will work on a draft of the supporting procedure.
Transitioning SESC to S2ESC [Croll]
The web site has been updated, except for the URL. Mark Henley will make sure that the URL is updated. All documentation has not been updated. Scott Duncan has agreed to take the action to update all policies and procedures. Angela Ortiz has taken the action to make sure that the correct name is in each new standard.
Next Meeting Date And Venue [Croll]
Mary Beth volunteered to host the next face-to-face meeting at the SEI’s Washington DC offices. The preferred target dates are the 28th February through the 2nd March, 2005. Alternate dates would be February 23, 24, and 25th.
S2ESC Strategic Planning [Walz]
John Walz, Vice Chair of Planning, presented a vitality briefing.
S2ESC Strategic Planning – Wrap-Up And Action Plan [Walz]
Items captured from discussion: We need to determine exactly what the S2ESC charter should be, and which business model we should pursue. How do we best market the Software Engineering Standards Collection?
Roger Fujii stated that there are currently 5 standards that are still product standards, these need to be turned into process standards. He challenged S2ESC to think strategically and identify the total vision, then identify some tactical strategies to move forward.
The idea was raised to offer a student edition of the standards collection to student members of IEEE as a signup bonus. We need to check on the feasibility of producing a student collection as a watermarked version. Paul and Jim will draft a business case to present to IEEE SA, which will also include a list of possible other incentives for students, e.g., ten free hits on the digital library.
Roger Fujii mentioned that currently IEEE CS is the only transnational computer society. S2ESC needs to form a study group to research and pursue the translation of IEEE standards into other languages.
Action Items [All]
Review the action item list and email updates to Kathy Land prior to the next teleconference.
Tuesday, September 7, 2004, 12:30 PM EDT