2013 October: 10:30 AM - 12 PM EDT; Tuesday, October 22
Virtual meeting details
This is the 5th monthly meeting of the OSLC Member Section at OASIS Steering Committee.
Meeting Goals
- PROMCODE (ne PROMIS) pending charter submission: should it become and affiliated TC?
- Dave Ingram’s resignation: should another be appointed? who?
- OSLC Connect: direction for the Planning Committee OK?
- Updates
- affiliated TC creation
- INCOSE liaison progress
- becoming a funded Member Section
Contents
Agenda
1. PROMCODE (PROMIS) to propose TC Charter at OASIS [[preview|discussion]: 25m]
Executive Summary
by Sean Kennedy
The PROMCODE (PROject Management of COntracted DElivery) group, formerly known as PROMIS, is preparing to submit a TC Charter to OASIS. Their draft was sent around by private email in early October and Mark Schulte has provided some feedback in response as well. (Some history as to why they’re creating a TC at this point is recorded on the wiki.)
Formal voting on affiliation happens after the TC is formed (see below) At this point, we should discuss the current draft, and whether, in principle, we would vote to affiliate this TC.
(Voting process to confirm TC affiliation with a Member section:
- the TC has its first meeting and votes to affiliate with the MS (even if it is already in the Charter, it requires a TC vote)
- the MS StC has a vote (which could be electronic) and accepts the affiliation request
)
Projected Order of Business
- Background and overview (Sean, 5m)
- Discuss the proposed Charter and whether it should become an affiliated TC (Steering Committee, 20m)
2. Dave Ingram’s resignation [[review|discussion|vote]: 25m]
Executive Summary
by Sean Kennedy
In a mail to the OASIS OSLC StC list, Dave Ingram indicated that he has changed roles within Accenture and proposed his colleague Mark Lazarus to replace him.
The OASIS Member Section Policy states, in section 5.4 “Vacated Seats”:
Any Steering Committee seat vacated mid-term may be filled until the next election by majority vote of the remaining SC or may remain vacated, provided there are at least three SC members. If vacancies result in fewer than three SC members, the SC must appoint an eligible person to serve on the SC until the next annual election.
Projected Order of Business
- Review Dave’s resignation and the options presented by the OASIS policy (Sean, 5m)
- Discuss the pros and cons of various actions (Steering Committee, 15m)
- Reach agreement, either choosing an option, or on next steps (Steering Committee, 5m)
3. OSLC Connect [[review|discussion|vote]: 20m]
Executive Summary
In September the OSLC Steering Committee agreed on Roles and Responsibilities for OSLC Connect, and then met again in early October to discuss Target Audience and Goals (and also Partnering) for potential event(s) in 2014. Out of that meeting’s discussion, direction for the OSLC Connect Planning Committee was drafted and waits approval.
Proposal
Approve the direction for the OSLC Connect Planning Committee.
Projected Order of Business
- Review the proposal (Sean, 5 mins)
- Discuss the proposal and suggest any necessary changes (Steering Committee, 10 mins)
- Vote (Steering Committee, 5 mins)
4. Updates [[review]: 20m]
4a Affiliated TC Creation [[review]: 10m]
Executive Summary
by Steve Speicher and Lin Ju
OSLC-Core
- 1st meeting scheduled for November 12th
- Steve Speicher (IBM) will host the meeting and convene the call
- initial orders of business: elect a chair and vote to affiliate with the OSLC MS
- Current roster includes:
- Public Press release will be sent out two weeks after first meeting (Nov 26, 2013)
OSLC-CCM
- Combining current WGs Change, Configuration, and Asset management scope within the charter of this TC
- Agreement in this alignment from earlier StC review and WG leads
- Drafting charter and recruiting co-submitters
- Targeting early December for Charter submission to OASIS
- Current co-supporters: EADS, Sodius, IBM, fluid Operations
- Oracle and AT&T to join as Observers once TC is formed
- Still recruiting
OSLC-Automation
- Drafting charter, determining scope, recruiting co-submitters
- Targeting mid-late January for Charter submission to OASIS
- Current co-supporters: IBM, WSO2, Bank of America(?)
- Still recruiting
Projected Order of Business
- Lin Ju to provide an update on the current progress, StC to ask questions and provide feedback as inspired.
4b INCOSE Liaison Progress [[review]: 5m]
Executive Summary
by Sean Kennedy
Jamie Clark has yet to share the draft response (as of October 18), we have asked for an update, will continue to follow up.
Projected Order of Business
- Discuss any “late breaking” news.
4c Becoming a Funded Member Section [[review]: 5m]
Executive Summary
by Sean Kennedy
Have reached out to Scott McGrath, it is likely that the budget will be approved, but nothing is final. More details should follow by email before the end of October.
Reminder, proposed agenda topic for November: “Given the budget available from OASIS, do we want to proceed to become a funded Member Section?”
Projected Order of Business
- Related discussion, if any.
Attendees
Steering Committee
- Rainer Ersch, Senior Research Scientist at Siemens
- Andreas Keis, Manager, Software Engineering at EADS Innovation Works UK
- Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop
- Mark Schulte, Associate Technical Fellow at Boeing Defense Systems
Regrets
- Bola Rotibi, Research Director at Creative Intellect
- John Wiegand, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for IBM Rational (StC Chairman)
Delegates
- Sky Matthews, CTO IBM Rational Systems Products
Steering Committee Staff
- Operations Coordinator, Sean Kennedy, IBM
- Technical Coordinator, Steve Speicher, IBM (regrets)
Presenters
Minutes
Detailed minutes (for the OSLC Steering Committee only)
Public minutes below:
1. PROMCODE (PROMIS) to propose TC Charter at OASIS
- a strong (desire for a) connection to OSLC is apparent in the draft Charter
- there is a strong case for having it as an affiliated TC:
- mechanisms are in place to facilitate communication and direction from the StC and the Core TC to other affiliated TCs
- having this OSLC-related TC outside the MS could confuse people, especially outsiders
- some concerns:
- we don’t have clarity about how this work fits with the existing OSLC specs
- unless they choose the MS default IPR policy (RF Limited) there will be challenges moving work from this TC to others (there are several scenarios where this might make the most sense)
- the work’s description certainly sounds like “software supply chain management” but not very much like “project management”
- requests for the PROMCODE group:
- The TC’s name SHOULD NOT include “project management” but SHOULD include “software supply chain”
- The Charter SHOULD specify use of the RF Limited for its IPR mode
- The StC would like to be briefed on the technical highlights of the PROMCODE work
- request for the Technical Coordinator:
- provide an assessment of the current PROMCODE work, including any gaps between it and existing OSLC specs and ideas on what can be done to close them
2. Dave Ingram’s resignation
As there is no urgent need for the seat to be filed, the Steering Committee prefers that it be filled through a formal election. As such, the seat will remain vacant until the next Member Section Steering Committee election in June/July 2014.
The vote was unanimous.
3. OSLC Connect
Proposal
Approve the direction for the OSLC Connect Planning Committee.
Outcomes
The Steering Committee voted unanimously to approve the guidance.
Additional note for the OSLC Connect Planning Committee: planning for the ALM Forum event is underway; they need to connect with the organizers ASAP.
Mik is attending EclipseCon Europe and running a BoF for ALM, he will get feedback on their interest in greater coverage of ALM, integration, and OSLC.
The Planning Committee should not wait until the next StC meeting to share any relevant info they uncover, the StC is prepared to work by email.
4. Updates
4a Affiliated TC Creation
While noted in the Executive Summary that the combination of Change Mgmt, Config Mgmt, and Asset Mgmt had received previous support from the StC, it was not given in a formal vote. The Steering Committee chose to use this time to correct that oversight.
- Vote: the StC supports, in principle, the combination of the Change Mgmt, Config Mgmt, and Asset Mgmt WGs into a single OASIS TC
- Yes: Rainer, Andreas, Mark, Sky
- Abstain: Mik
4b INCOSE Liaison Progress
A note on timing: given the 2nd European Conference on Interoperability for Embedded Systems Development Environments on December 3, it would be great to announce/update this liaison effort at that time.
4c Becoming a Funded Member Section
At the November meeting, should the StC vote to proceed with the budget, it can also designate a Treasurer.
Summary
Agreements and Consensus in this meeting
- The Steering Committee will not appoint a replacement for Dave Ingram of Accenture. The seat will remain vacant until the next Member Section Steering Committee election in June/July 2014.
- The direction for OSLC Connect Planning Committee is approved.
- The Steering Committee supports, in principle, the combination of the Change Mgmt, Configuration Mgmt, and Asset Mgmt WGs into a single OASIS TC
Action Items from this meeting
- Sean: Communicate the requests to the PROMCODE group. i.e.:
- The TC’s name SHOULD NOT include “project management” but SHOULD include “software supply chain”
- The Charter SHOULD specify use of the RF Limited for its IPR mode
- The StC would like to be briefed on the technical highlights of the PROMCODE work
- Steve: provide an assessment of the current PROMCODE work, including any gaps between it and existing OSLC specs and ideas on what can be done to close them
- OSLC Connect Planning Committee: start work as per the directions given, with immediate focus on the ALM Forum conference.
Future Agenda Topics from this meeting
- November 2013: Does the OSLC MS become a funded MS?
- Who will be the Treasurer?
- Regular: Updates on the OSLC Connect event work from the OSLC Connect Planning Committee
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