Open Standards Board standards selection process

The open standard

selection process

Nicholas Oughtibridge

Nicholas . Oughtibridge @ hscic . gov . uk

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Journey to date …

Initial process based on health Refinement necessary

Some key mistakes made and lessons learnt

Four key roles identified

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Starting with health

Process is effective

Widespread adoption

Follows classic engineering

methodology

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Starting with health

Uses structured methodology

Flexible to different needs

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Building on health

Health did not use “open”

standards

Need systemic stakeholder

contribution

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Building on health

This led to the Standards Hub

Health processes now opening

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Key learning

Confused roles led to poor

selection of challenges

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Key learning

Challenge owner must be

willing and have resource

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Key learning

Government CTO’s need to be

committed to achieve

implementation

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The 5 phases

• CTO Executive seek and approve suggestions

Suggest • Challenge owner champions the challenge

• Active crowd sourcing to solicit comments Challenge • Challenge owner refines comments into one or more

proposals Propose • Standards panel appraises proposals for Open Standard

Board

• Open Standards Board recommends proposals for adoption Recommend • Adoption is tracked

• Supported by crowd sourcing Adopt

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Core roles

• Seek and approve new challenges

• Confirm Challenge Owner has resource CTO Executive

• Ensure standard is identified, refined or developed for CTO Executive Challenge Owner

• Appraise and assure the proposal meets the CTO Executive challenge Standards Panel

• Review Standards Panel findings and approve on behalf of CTO Executive

Open Standards Board

• Implement the approved Open Standard

• Feed back Adopter

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Adopter

CTO Executive

Open Standards

Board

Standards Panel

Challenge owner

Want

Agree

Check

Build

Do

The open standard

development process


Nicholas . Oughtibridge @ hscic . gov . uk

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Open Standards Board standards selection process