From carson@siggraph.org Tue Nov 19 18:52:02 1996 Received: from siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu [128.146.18.100]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA01189 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:52:00 +0100 Received: from default (carson@siggraph.org) by siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (8.8.2/941010.52) with SMTP id MAA10610 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:51:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961119175332.006a49ac@siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu> X-Sender: carson@siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:53:32 -0700 To: SC24@dkuug.dk From: Steve Carson Subject: Letter from JTC1 Chair on JTC1 Reengineering ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 4322 To: ISO/IEC JTC 1 National Bodies and Subcommittees From: Mary Anne Lawler, JTC 1 Chairman Subject: JTC1 Reengineering Companion Documents: JTC 1 N 4221, N 4298, N 4299, N 4301 - N 4307 Earlier this year JTC1 embarked on a reengineering effort in order to strengthen the organization and ensure its viability in a highly competitive environment. These recommendations are a beginning - a first phase. It is hoped that as many recommendations as possible are approved in December for implementation. The mission, goals and objectives have all been updated to reflect a renewed energy. Sub-committee work programs were reviewed in an effort to ensure market relevance and national body support. Recommendations have been made to update the JTC1 work program. Concepts have been developed to attract end user application projects and provide total user solutions. An organization has been proposed to more accurately reflect the IT industry today and for the future. A model for JTC1 project work includes new frames of reference: 1) Functional areas - These include key technologies which span a significant number of IT needs and support multiple business areas. Most of the current JTC1 work program falls in these areas. The reengineered JTC1 must also attract additional advanced key technologies 2) Business Areas - These work areas are vertical in nature and make use of the functional areas to solve real business problems. Users that are seeking applications that are supported in a multi-vendor environment will be encouraged to join with the IT talent at JTC1 to develop business solutions. (These are most likely profiles.) 3) Fundamental Building Blocks - As defined by the special working group on the Global Information Infrastructure (SWG-GII), these are qualities which exist in all standards and are required to make standards of value to the end user. FBB's include things such as access methods, interoperability, internationalization, quality, etc. All these recommendations have been by the following objectives to: - Encourage standardization projects which meet user-driven business application needs - Create a structure that can respond to the standardization needs of emerging technologies - Expand JTC1's business influence with IT producers and suppliers - Create new synergies between JTC1 and other groups dealing with IT specifications - Provide an environment that is cost effective and supported by available resources. - Exploit our own new technologies to encourage new ways of working My deepest thanks to all the people involved in creating these recommendations. There are many challenges ahead but these recommendations are a good beginning for ensuring that JTC1 can meet the demands of the market. --------------------------------------------------------- Steve Carson phone: +1-505-521-7399 GSC Associates Inc. fax: +1-505-521-9321 5272 Redman Road e-mail: carson@siggraph.org Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA ---------------------------------------------------------