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Standards Australia Update

• Standards Australia
• Technical Governance Review
• Digital Transformation Update
• Incubator
• Young Leaders

Today

About Standards Australia

• Nation's peak non-government, not-for-profit

Standards body with 96 years experience and 7000+ standards

• Represents Australia on the International

Organisation for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

• Trusted partner of the Australian Government with

a strong track record of domestic and international program delivery

Our role

What we do

• We facilitate the development of

internationally harmonised standards and other solutions that make a positive contribution to Australia What we don’t do

• We do not make laws or

regulations

• Test or certify products or

systems

BUSINESS INITIATIVES Governance Digital Engagement Our people Innovation Distribution Business readiness stream Business improvement stream

2017/2018 Action Plan

Our Action Plan looks at today and tomorrow

Standards Australia Distribution Principles

1 We want to open up access to our content as soon as we can achieving market terms in 2018 2 We want to achieve multiple sustainable channels to market for Australian and International Standards 3 We recognise that customers increasingly want more, and in the digital world, different business models underpin content distribution 4 Our distribution arrangements will be built around a customer experience 5 We believe that open markets drive innovation and customer care

Substantially completed.

Technical Governance Review

Scoping Workshop completed.

Company Governance Review

Scoping underway.

Accreditation Governance

Governance Reviews

2017/2018 Action Plan

“Led by the Board, a thorough review of governance arrangements and processes at a technical, company and accreditation level … to ensure continued relevance in existing and new areas.”

Standards Australia Technical Governance Review

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• 1. Significant

improvement

• 2. Rapidly

evolving environment

• 3. Significant

criticisms

• 4. A widening gap

Key findings

Time

Demands, risks

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More str strat ategi gic ap approa

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More op e open en proce

• cesses
• C. Mor

More p proac

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qual ality ty assu assurance

Arti ticulate co comm mmunity b ben enefits - Economic estimates of benefits of standards and publishing Stren ength then p public i c inte teres est - Embed and articulate publicly, strengthen technical governance St Stra rategi gic p prio riorit ritie ies - For standards as a whole and by sector (or other segment) Inc nclus usion n - Broaden range of participants, greater public access and input Accessibilit lity - Improve ability to comment, request changes, complain, raise issues Transpar aren ency cy - Better visibility and explanation of processes and decisions Mon Monit itori ring a g and c con

• ntrols
• ls - Strengthen

monitoring, project management, performance monitoring Stren ength then quality ty o

• f input

t - Skills/ experience definition for committees, professional writers and chairs Probl

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g / media iation - Protocols for technical disagreements, escalation of problems, complaints Multiple p paths / s / processe sses s - Optional ‘best-fit’ pathways for development, comment, approval Appr pproval pr process - Transparent, rigorous appeals mechanism, conflict management for processes

Themes for change

1.

The analysis was compelling

2.

Doing nothing, or little, is not an option

3.

Great strides. Measured steps

4.

Trust must remain at the core of the system

Initial response to Technical Governance Final Report

the findings of the CRK report and how we can use them to improve

• ur current processes with an eye
• n today and an eye on tomorrow.

Consider

with those with an interest in our processes and work, and beyond those who are core contributors today.

Consult

some of the initiatives that we want to get on with to ensure the best chances of success.

Test and Pilot

… while acknowledging there’s probably not a ‘one size fits all’ solution to a number of opportunities

There are three things that we need to do…

Prioritisation Committee composition Development and drafting Public comment Voting approval Maintenance

More strategic More Open More Proactive QA

We are going to spend time now looking at each element…

Senior Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement teams are available for discussions throughout this process CRK Final report and SA released April 2018

Technical Governance review

Next steps

Consultation forums: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Web April 2018 Written feedback sought by 15 May 2018

TGR@standards.org.au

Roadmap and Implementation Plan Released July 2018

Digital Transformation Delivered

And more to come…

Challenging the status quo

Proof of concept — AS 4654.2 Waterproofing

Iterative design

Join the evolution

Technical Committee Working Group SA Governance

Meetings

Formal and informal Interactive workshops

Networking

Standards development and

• ther training

Training

SA Mentor

Young Leaders Program ****Applications for the 2018-19 program are open now and will be closing on 30 June 2018.****

Keep in Touch

www.standards.org.au / e-news Standards Australia @standardsaus + @sa_incubator @StandardsAustralia

Questions