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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 What we don’t do • We facilitate the development of • We do not make laws or internationally harmonised regulations standards and other solutions that • Test or certify products or make a positive contribution to systems Australia
Our Action Plan looks at today and tomorrow 2017/2018 Action Plan BUSINESS INITIATIVES Governance Digital Business Engagement Business improvement readiness Our people stream stream Innovation Distribution
Standards Australia Distribution Principles We want to open up access to our content as soon as we can 1 achieving market terms in 2018 We want to achieve multiple sustainable channels to market for 2 Australian and International Standards We recognise that customers increasingly want more, and in the 3 digital world, different business models underpin content distribution Our distribution arrangements will be built around a customer 4 experience 5 We believe that open markets drive innovation and customer care
2017/2018 Action Plan Governance Reviews “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.” Technical Governance Review Substantially completed. Company Governance Review Scoping Workshop completed. Accreditation Governance Scoping underway.
Standards Australia Technical Governance Review
Key findings 1. Significant improvement 2. Rapidly evolving Demands, risks environment 3. Significant criticisms 4. A widening gap Time - 9 - - 9 -
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Initial response to Technical Governance Final Report 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
There are three things that we need to do… Consider Consult Test and Pilot with those with an interest in our some of the initiatives that we the findings of the CRK report and processes and work, and beyond want to get on with to ensure the how we can use them to improve those who are core contributors best chances of success. our current processes with an eye today. on today and an eye on tomorrow. … while acknowledging there’s probably not a ‘one size fits all’ solution to a number of opportunities
We are going to spend time now looking at each element… More More Open strategic Committee Development Public Voting Prioritisation Maintenance composition and drafting comment approval More Proactive QA
CRK Final report and SA released April 2018 Consultation forums: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Web April 2018 Technical Governance review Written feedback sought by 15 May 2018 TGR@standards.org.au Next steps Senior Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement teams are available for discussions throughout this process 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
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Young Leaders Program Training Meetings SA Mentor Technical Committee Standards Working Group development and SA Governance other training ****Applications for the 2018-19 program Networking are open now and will Formal and informal be closing on 30 Interactive workshops June 2018.****
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