Standards Governance Board

Welcome Welcome to the Standards Governance Board Wiki. Leadership SGB Co-Chairs Paul Knapp, Knapp Consulting, Inc., pknapp@pknapp.com Calvin Beebe, Mayo Clinic, cbeebe@mayo.edu SGB Members HL7 CTO John Quinn, Accenture, john.f.quinn@accenture.com TSC Chair Ken McCaslin, Accenture, h.kenneth.mccaslin@accenture.com ArB C-Chair Tony Julian, Mayo Clinic, ajulian@mayo.edu Members At Large Russ Hamm, Lantana, russhamm@lantanagroup.com Member At Large Austin Kreisler, Leidos, austin.j.kreisler@leidos.com Member At Large Rik Smithies, LNProgram/HL7 UK, rik@nprogram.co.uk Conference Calls and Minutes SGB Template Mission The HL7 Standards Governance Board (SGB), establishes the precepts (rules) that management and methodology groups apply as operational instructions across domains within the scope of the Technical Steering Committee (TSC). These precepts provide the basis for consistency across product families and product lines when used to define the creation, maintenance and balloting of standards products, while supporting organizational strategic goals and vision. Charter Objectives: The SGB will focus its on enabling the following: Precepts that require consistency and conformity across all product families and product lines Specifications that are and remain coherent and meet organizational objectives Stakeholders feel that the specifications are meeting their needs Specifications are developed and evolve in a transparent process Work Products and Contributions to HL7 Processes Primary activities of the SGB include: Identifying and managing risk, those things with the highest risk and greatest consequence are the items that shall have precepts clearly defined Defining and maintaining the “principles” on which product families are based Enforcing alignment of methodology, guidelines, conformance and Quality Assurance (QA) practices with those principles Defining governance precepts necessary to support the "principles" above Define metrics by which progress towards the objectives of the management and methodology groups can be measured and evaluated Make recommendations to the TSC regarding the appointment of members to management and methodology groups and overseeing those group’s effectiveness Provide guidance on issues escalated by management groups that will enable them to resolve those issues Approve the assignment of products to product families, work groups bring their suggested assignment to the SGB for approval Approve the establishment of product lines and/or assign work group products to existing product lines Recommendations for the establishment of new management and/or methodology groups will be sent to the TSC from the SGB for approval Recommendations for product line and product family roles, management or methodology, responsibilities will be sent to the TSC from the SGB for approval Maintain a complete listing of products to product families and products to product lines (Phase II of the HL7 Business Architecture Model (BAM), not yet complete. Once Phase II BAM is completed, harmonize the process.) Review and approve goals for product lines/families established by either the management or methodology group