IEEE S2ESC Teleconference: Meeting #163
December 18, 2008

Present (P) or Not Present (NP):

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Paul Croll

S2ESC Chair and TCSE Chair (also VP for Tech Activities for IEEE Systems Engr Council)

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Annette Reilly

Management Board, 15289 WG Chair

P

Carl Singer

Management Board, 1175 Chair

P

Chuck Walrad

S2ESC Secretary, 828 Chair

P

Dave Schultz

Vice Chair, Operations & Mgt Board Chair

NP

Dennis Lawrence

S2ESC Archivist

NP

David Phillips

 Chair,
Study Group on Use of Standards by Small Businesses

P

Jim Moore

Vice Chair, International Operations and Liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7

NP

Joe Jarzombek

DHS Liaison

P

John Walz

Vice Chair, Planning, SAB Chair; Chair T&C

NP

Keith Middleton

Management Board, Chair 730

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Ken Costello

Management Board

NP

Lou Gullo

 

Reliability Society liaison,  AudCom member, also Std Chair working group P1633 & P1624

NP

Mark Henley

Chair,
Web Planning Group, S2ESC Webmaster

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Mary Beth Chrissis

SEI Liaison

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Malia Zaman

Program Manager, IEEE-SA S2ESC liaison

NP

Randy Case

Head of INCOSE Standards Cmte (S2ESC Liaison[1])

NP

Elliot Sloane

HITSP liaison, College of Clinical Informatics at Villanova University

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Rebecca Smith

Chair, Medical Informatics Study Group

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Bob Aiello

Member, Management Board

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Paul Diamond

Member, Management Board

Call to order: 12:35 p.m. EDT

Announcements

·         Walz: IEEE-SA is establishing a framework for WGs to understand Copyright materials and request for usage forms on published materials; WG Chairs will receive copyright awareness slides to show along with Patent slides.   IEEE SA is developing a copyright policy to provide attribution for using/quoting/referring to information published/printed elsewhere, and to assure that all WG members understand that ideas and materials presented in the WGs belong to the IEEE.

·         Walz: IEEE-SA has approved desk audits of Working Group P&P using a model P&P document that will be revised. S2ESC objections to the proposed SA WG operating and auditing procedures were outvoted. However, we are still working to negotiate reasonable application. They are gathering examples of why the procedures are too onerous for our WGs.

·         Walz has been appointed IEEE Computer Society 1st VP Technical and Conferences for 2009.

·         The CS president appointed John Harauz as the new chair of the SAB, replacing Walz.

1. Election Results (Croll)

Bob Aiello and Paul Diamond were elected to the Management Board.  Singer to mentor Aiello; Reilly to mentor Diamond.

Croll re-elected as S2ESC chair.  Election was unanimous, except for one vote for Barack Obama.

2.  Standards Status Report (Zaman, Schultz)

See attached reports.

·         1016 (SW Design Descriptions): in final stages prior to submittal to NesCom for approval of the balloted draft as the new standard.

·         P1044 (SW Anomalies descriptions) will be reviewed at the Jan NesCom meeting

·         The standard for the PMBoK (1490) was withdrawn, since it had not been revised for the PMI’s 2004 version. Upon PMI publication of PMBoK 2008, the WG will circulate it for adoption.

·         16326 (SWE PM, incorporating the old IEEE Std. 1058) modified PAR to be submitted for March NesCom meeting.

·         24748 (Guide for Lifecycle Management--Implementation of 12207) is in Comment Resolution stage and will be reviewed at January NesCom meeting.

3.  Medical Informatics (Smith)

Rebecca Smith was introduced as chair of this new study group. Formation of the study group was applauded. Croll and Walz suggested additional ties for Smith to contact. Walz asked Zaman to make sure that the SA issues a press release about the new study group. 

Study Group Purpose:

·         Understand the medical informatics standards context: The existing situation is a patchwork of standards driven by ground up efforts of individual annual efforts (“Tiger Teams”). There seems to be complete regulatory confusion about what comes under device standards and what is exempt.

·         Provide HITSP with easily usable information about software and systems engineering process standards embodying best practices for delivering Reliable, Robust, Interoperable Information Management systems [including all software aspects of the evolving, dynamic Health Care system]. This will need to be appealing to developers, not regulators.

·         Pull together Best Practices for developing and delivering software and systems: Identify the S2ESC standards most relevant to HITSP’s efforts, particularly 12207 (SW process) and 15288 (system  process). (Individual agencies don’t want to bell this cat.)

·         Coordinate with Todd Cooper’s work with the IEEE 11073 Study Group and other standards groups as appropriate, such the National Health Care Information Network and the IEE EMB Society.

Smith reported that the group had its first organizing meeting last Friday and the minutes are ready for distribution.

4. Teleconference Planning [Croll]

Croll asked the group if the existing time slot still works for everyone.  Schultz’s new schedule currently will require him to sign off at 1:00 p.m.  We will maintain the Thursday, 12:30 p.m. Eastern time slot now.

5. Winter 2009 FTF (Croll)

Roger Fujii agreed to have Northrop Grumman host the meeting (Feb 24 – 26) and the MB meeting the afternoon of the 23rd. 

 

Please send agenda items to Croll.

6.  Strategic Planning [ Walz/Walrad]

Walz recapped the S2ESC Strategy Planning Group’s progress to date. He expects the group to distribute their results prior to the FTF in February.

 

7. SEI Liaison (Chrissis)

The SEI has a draft available of the new CMMi constellation for Developing & Delivering Services. Contact her if you’d like a copy or see the SEI website. (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/models/CMMI-Services-status.html  http://www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/spins/pdfs/cmmi_svc.pdf

The latest draft of the CMMI for Services model, updated November 7, 2008.)

 

Working on various CMMI v1.3 updates in late 2009.

 

Next Telecon:

 

Thursday, January 15, 2009  (12:30 pm, EST)                      

 

Instructions for Telecon:

 

at 12:30 PM EDT call (517) 267-1465, followed by participant code 946433.


[1] This group does not create standards, but act as SMEs in the systems standards  area, becoming heavily involved in the development of standards by ISO, IEEE, and on the balloting of standards.