IEEE-SA S2ESC StandardsRelated Product Update
Markus Plessel
IEEE Standards Product Manager
30 July 2008
Agenda:
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IEEE Software & Systems Engineering
Standards Collection
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Standards for Students
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Strategic Partnership Pilot
IEEE Software & Systems
Engineering Standards Collection
IEEE Software & Systems Engineering
Standards Collection(s) - Offerings
Currently available:
 IEEE Software Developers Toolkit: Templates, Examples, and
Official Standards Terms on CD-ROM [STDVU139]
 IEEE Software & Systems Engineering Standards (Standard
Edition; PDFs on CD-ROM) [STDVU140]
Planned for 2008:
 IEEE Software & Systems Engineering Standards Collection –
Updated Edition – Sept. 2008
 IEEE Software & Systems Engineering Standards Core
Collection – Sept. 2008
IEEE Software & Systems Engineering
Standards Collection - Features
 40+ Software & System Engineering Standards
 PDF edition of the SWEBOK
 Bundled with The Road Map to Software Engineering Guide
Standards for Students
Standards for Students – Current
Status
 Steve Mills is 2008 Standards in Education Committee
(SEC) Chair
 Three academic institutions are pilot testing these webbased learning products (2005-Spring 2008): Colorado
School of Mines, DeVry University (New Brunswick, New
Jersey) and San Francisco State University
 New positions created to support this effort: Education
Program Manager University Programs, Director
University Programs, and Standards Education Program
Manager (Jennifer McClain)
Standards for Students –
Opportunities
 Licensing – Provided Professor access to IEEE1028,
IEEE 1012, and IEEE 730 to be shared with 35 students
at Chaing Mai University (Thailand)
 Core Collection CD-ROM - IEEE Software & Systems
Engineering Standards Core Collection
 Subset of comprehensive collection
 Targeting entry-level professionals and students
 Student Pricing Discount
Strategic Partnership Pilot
Strategic Partnership Pilot – New
Product Development (NPD) Initiative
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Cross-functional approach to maximize all opportunities
(internal and external)
– Learn more about the marketplace
– How we can better serve our customers
– Talking to the right people, asking the right questions
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Identified 41 potential sources of New Product Development
information (internal and external)
– Plan to solicit as many ideas as possible
– Goal is to identify at least 100 New Product ideas by
2009
Strategic Partnership Pilot – (NPD)
Initiative Cont’d
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Casting a wide net
– Outreach to our top customers and corporate partners,
distributors and resellers, volunteers, people who access IEEE
resources online and staff and leadership from throughout the
organization
– All ideas are welcome
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Ideas will be carefully evaluated and a case study developed
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Ideas pursued must conform to the overall organizational mission
– Short time to market is important consideration
Strategic Partnership Pilot – (NPD)
Initiative Cont’d
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Goal to strengthen working relationship
– Enhance communication and cooperation
– Work together to achieve common goals
– Opportunity to develop a two-way process of information sharing
– Create products/services that are in great demand
Strategic Partnership Pilot – (NPD)
Initiative – Ways to Get Involved
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Participate in our survey
– Interview would take appox. 30 minutes
– Can give me your contact information
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New Product Development Advisory Council
– Expert panel to test new concepts
– Minimal investment of time
– Great way to make sure that products meet customers needs and wants
Questions?
Thank you for your time today!
Contact me for more information:
m.plessel@ieee.org
732 562 3989