Quarter 2 Progress Report

Project

Update

Timeline

First CEO Leaders Forum held – Development of a toolkit to replicate approaches across sectors.

Completed

Q2

Economic modelling for a market segment to be undertaken.

On track for delivery of economic modelling to quantify the benefits of standards development for first market segment in Q3.

Q3

CEO Leaders Forum a regular feature of sector engagement.

Planning stage.

Q4

Project

Update

Timeline

Various pilots tested through the Incubator. Q1 to see a call out for committees to volunteer their projects to run through the Incubator.

Projects underway to pilot Crowd Sourcing, and Agile/Online Standards Development.

Discussions are continuing to resolve the challenges with Open & Transparent concepts.

Further pilot concepts in Planning stage.

Q1 – Q4

Many initiatives to better surface projects/standards information underway as part of the Contributor Portal, with the first release as early as September 2019, and subsequent stages underway.

First phase of new contributor portal, Connect, to be released in February 2019. Second phase beginning development.

Q1 – Q4

Public Comment Process: Manage, ease of commenting, better visibility, including visibility of ISO and IEC content being adopted and red-lining.

New Public Comment tool released for Pilot in December 2018.

Delivery of final system planned for Q4.

Q2

Piloting use of Artificial Intelligence and Bots to assist proponents navigate requirements for commencement of projects.

Planning stage.

Q4

Project

Update

Timeline

Kick-off workshops across all projects to: Solidify commitment to the project; share relevant information; outline a clear forward plan; confirm commitment of each committee member to action and deliver within a strict project schedule.

Completed.

Q1

Project surveys across all projects to ascertain Project Management.

Completed.

Q1

Independent facilitators and technical writers to be provided to assist complex and/or contentious technical committees. A framework and criteria on how to apply these resources will be developed and rolled out.

Framework and criteria finalised in Q2. Now commencing recruitment, and initial resources to be available in late Q3.

Q2

Policy review on appointment, tenure and performance of Chairs. Broader oversight and enforcement of Policy by Standards Australia’s Production Management Group (PMG).

Updates to SGs, according to Policy changes approved by SDAC in November 2018, will be released for consultation in January 2019.

Policy Implementation to follow consultation. Planned for Q3.

Q2

Training and strengthening of Nominating Organisation selection and performance.

Training material under development, planning for delivery in Q3.

Q2

Strengthening on Learning & Development to be provided to Project Managers with case studies and sharing knowledge base.

Completed.

Q2

Training for Committee Chairs to be provided, both electronically and in person.

Training material under development, planning for delivery of workshop in Q4.

Q3

Proposals for new work to be assessed and approved on a monthly basis, rather than through 6 month cycles.

Completed.

Q3

Extend surveys to assess Committee and Chair’s performance.

Ready to commence, pending implementation of Policies on Committee Chairs.

Q3

Non-contentious amendments/revisions to be balloted as part of a combined proposal/ approval process.

Planning stage.

Q4

Process for parallel adoptions of international standards to be rolled out.

Planning stage.

Q4

Development of framework to better resolve negative ballots, when other ballot criteria has been met, including development of a technical appeals process that gives the opportunity for negative ballotters to appeal a committee’s decision, rather than being given the power of veto.

Planning stage.

Q4