1. EU Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation
The Making of …
and the Nurturing
Dr. Jochen Friedrich
OpenForum Europe / IBM
Chair of the Task Force on the EU Rolling Plan
jochen@de.ibm.com
EU Conference on the Rolling Plan
Brussels, 25 March 2014

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The Making of … Starring
COLLABO
RATION
European
Commission
Services
Member
States
Industry
Associations
Standards
Bodies
(ESOs and
Fora/Consortia)
Societal
Stakeholders

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The Making of … Challenges
Franz Stuck. Sisyphus
concise
comprehensive
well structured
readable
timely
meaningful
useful
informative
strategicclear
innovative
forward looking
inclusive
result oriented
global perspective
focussed
harmonised
open
informal
complementary
transparent
stable

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The Making of … Structuring
Executive Introduction
Introductory chapters
1) Strategic positioning of the Rolling Plan and Relation to AUWP
2) Rolling Plan in the context of promoting the uptake of ICT standards and specs
Chapter 3 – Policy Priorities
Four clusters:
Societal Challenges,
Innovation for the Single Digital Market,
Sustainable Growth,
Key Enablers and Security
Common template with 6 items:
(1) Policy area
(2) Legislation and policy documents
(3) Member States and stakeholder input
(4) Standardisation needs to implement legislation & policy
(5) Ongoing standardisation and research
(6) Propose new standardisation activities
Chapter 4:
Horizontal technologies for ICT
infrastructures
Concluding Remarks
Annexes
Strategies and Standards lists in
Members States
Links to Standards Bodies web
sites

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The Making of … The Result
Broad overview on EU policy
priorities where ICT standardisation
supports policy implementation
Close linkage of policy areas and
standardisation (including policy
officers and standardisers)
Broad overview on ongoing work
including global standardisation
Basis for comprehensive planning
Addressing horizontal level of ICT
technologies

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Observation … An Oxymoron
A figure of speech in
which two words with
opposing meanings
are used together
intentionally for
effect.
OXYMORONOXYMORON
Rolling
Plan
Dynamic,
Moving
Stable,
Reliable
B A L A N C E

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Maintenance … Striking the Balance
Updating
Factual, up-to-date information
Publish in an Addendum to the
Rolling Plan
Review
Full cycle of reviewing the policy
priorities, ongoing work, proposed
actions
New version of the Rolling Plan
Addendum to the
Rolling Plan
E.g.
Ad chapter 3.x.x:
A new work item has been
approved in TC X in
organisation X.
Addendum to the
Rolling Plan
E.g.
Ad chapter 3.x.x:
A new work item has been
approved in TC X in
organisation X.
New version of the
Rolling Plan endorsed
by Commission and
published
New version of the
Rolling Plan endorsed
by Commission and
published
Stay up-to-date & create a balance between
● Stability of the Rolling Plan as planning document
● Dynamics of the fast-progressing ICT landscape
OBJECTIVES

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Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress
Nurturing … Getting It Rolling
G.F. Kersting, Apollo with the Hours

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Nurturing … Implementation is key
WhoWho WhatWhat
By WhenBy When
With WhomWith Whom
Which DirectionWhich Direction

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Nurturing ... Improvements
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel
(Detail of a Stonemason)
experience
feedback
learn
simplify
increased
focus
readability
planning
input
collection
timelinestracking
online
versionreduce
redundancies

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Nurturing … First Review Cycle
Commission
services input
New policy
areas
New
information
Commission
services input
New policy
areas
New
information
Feedback,
input,
comments
from all MSP
members
Feedback,
input,
comments
from all MSP
members
New version
of the Rolling
Plan
endorsed by
MSP as
Advice to
Commission
New version
of the Rolling
Plan
endorsed by
MSP as
Advice to
Commission
New version
of Rolling
Plan
endorsed
and
published by
Commission
New version
of Rolling
Plan
endorsed
and
published by
Commission
Apr – early June July – mid Sep Dec Jan 2015

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Let's get
things
rolling