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
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