SWG 3

Revision 2013
Note: This Special Working Group has been disbanded in October 2015 (effective March 2016).

Strategic or Long Term Business Planning in JTC 1 has a long history. Already at the 13thPlenary in Rio de Janeiro (1999) a resolution was approved which “…requests its National Bodies and Subcommittees to provide contributions as early as possible during the next Plenary cycle regarding future strategic orientation for JTC 1. Topics may include any changes to working methods however radical or provocative.” At the next Plenary in Seoul (1999) ”a Special Group for Strategic Planning” was established to work on the contributions received.

In 2001 JTC 1 established a Special Group on JTC 1 Future to produce a Long-Term Business Plan for JTC 1. At the following Plenary in Sophia Antipolis the Special Group on JTC 1 Future presented a ‘Value Proposition’, a Long Term Business Plan and an accompanying Implementation Plan, which were to reviewed every year. These were unanimously approved. In addition a Technology Watch function was established to prepare a yearly status on the future evolution of ICT technology within the Scope of JTC 1 Terms of Reference, as well as information on organisations working on those technologies

After the 2006 Plenary in South Africa JTC 1 National Bodies, JTC 1 Subcommittees, Liaison Partners and recognised PAS Submitter were asked for input to review to review “the Standing, Effectiveness and Efficiency of JTC 1 as the Leading Standards Committee in the Field of Information Technology”.

As the result of the discussion on the contributions received the 2007 JTC 1 Plenary Meeting in Brisbane (Australia) established the ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Planning (SWG-P).

Key items in the work of SWG-P are to:

∙Assist the JTC 1 Chairman and Secretariat in developing/revising the JTC 1 Business Plan and Long Term Business Plan;
∙Identify relevant technology trends, to highlight challenges and opportunities for JTC 1,
∙Recommend actions for JTC 1 to successfully execute the business plans and to take up new technology areas.

Delegates from 8 NBs – (Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea (Republic of), UK, USA)
∙3 SC’s (SC 6, SC 7 and SC 37)
∙Representative from the ITTF,
∙JTC 1 Chairman
∙JTC 1 Secretary

∙9 monthly conference calls from December till September (no call in July)
∙1 face-2-face meeting in Geneva

∙ Performed Environmental Scan
∙ Suggested 10 (+2) technology areas
∙ Identified three new areas (Mobile Applications, Augmented Reality, 3D Image Technology)
∙ Identified existing JTC 1 Standards relevant to energy efficiency
∙ Updated LTBP
∙ Updated SD on JTC 1 Planning Process
∙ Updated SD on Historical Background of JTC 1

∙ Request to JTC 1 entities to address Energy Efficiency
∙ Cooperation with ITU-T Technology Watch
∙ Potential Technology Areas for consideration of JTC 1 Subcommittees:
∙ SC 27: to study opportunities for JTC 1 in the area of Activity Monitoring.
∙ SC 23: to study opportunities for JTC 1 in the area of flash memory
∙ SC 38: to study opportunities for JTC 1 in the area of Virtualization for Availability area.
∙ SC 24 and SC29 (possibly as a joint effort): to study opportunities for JTC 1 in the area of Augmented Reality.
∙ SC29: to study opportunities for JTC 1 in the area of 3D Image Technology.

Technology Areas for SWG Planning to investigate:
∙ Green of ICT (cont.)
∙ Social Network and Web Collaboration (cont)
∙ Mobile Applications
∙ Augmented Reality (those items that have been identified by SC 24 and SC 29 as being out of their scope)
∙ 3D Image Technology (those items that have been identified by SC 29 as being out of their scope)

Delegates from 7 National Bodies – (Canada, France, Germany, Korea, Japan, UK, USA) and three SC’s (SC 6, SC 7 and SC 37)
∙JTC 1 Secretary and Chairman
∙ITTF

∙8 monthly conference calls from January till September (no call in July)
∙1 physical meeting in July 2009 (Berlin, Germany)

∙Gained experience, responses about NWIs from SCs is not sufficient
∙Evaluated 10 technology areas

∙Performed Environmental Scan
∙Suggested 10 (+2) technology areas
∙Developed Report on Green ICT
∙Developed Report on Cloud Computing
∙Updated LTBP
∙Revised ‘Historical Background of JTC 1’

∙ Approval of revised Long Term Business Plan∙
∙ Approval of Standing Document on the JTC 1 Planning Process
∙ Approval of revised ‘Historical Background of JTC 1’ as Standing Document
∙ Proposal to develop a Best Practices for Green Standards
∙ Establishment of Study Group on Energy Efficiency of Data Centers
∙ Establishment of Study Group on Cloud Computing (became part of SC 38)
∙ Establishment of a Special Working Group on Smart Grid

Technology Areas for SWG Planning to investigate:
∙ Green of ICT
∙ Social Network and Web Collaboration

10 delegates from 6 National Bodies – Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK, USA) and two SC’s (SC 7 and SC 37)
∙JTC 1 Secretary and Chairman
∙ITTF

Michael Breidthardt (DIN)

∙8 monthly conference calls starting in March 2008
∙ 1 physical meeting in July 2008 (Ottawa, Canada)

∙ Implement an ‘Environmental Scanning’ from 2009 onwards
∙ To identify new work for JTC 1 based on regular, structured input by SC’s, National Bodies and other sources highlighting trends (positive and negative) in technologies related to JTC 1
∙  Input will be analysed to make recommendations to investigate the potential of new work areas for JTC 1
∙ Replaces Technolog Watch function and workshop from 2009.
∙ Integrate ‘Long Term Business Plan Implementation Plan’ into a restructured Long Term Business Plan (LTBP)