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Standards for Industry
Presenter: Yogi Schulz
The Significance of Standards for Industry
September 2005 Copyright © 2005 Corvelle Management Consultants
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Standards for IndustryManagement Consultants
Yogi SchulzBiography
� Information technology related management consulting
� Project management and systems development
� Computing Canada & Calgary Herald columnist
� RETS Core Group member
� PPDM Association board member
� Industry presenter:
– Project World - 4 years
– CIPS Informatics - 7 years
– PMI - Information Systems SIG – 2 years
– RETS seminars - 2 years
– PPDM Association - several years
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Standards Improve Performance
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PresentationOutline
� Presentation Objectives
� Learning from PPDM and RETS:
– Description
– Benefits
� Conclusions & Recommendations
� Questions & Discussion
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PresentationObjectives
� Build understanding of the benefits of standards
� Learn from two examples of information management standards
� Appreciate the experience of other standards organizations to help you make the casefor standardswithin your organization
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Evolution ofStandards
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Description of thePPDM Association
� Not-for-profit organization; formed in 1989
� Develops and maintains data model standards for the resource Industry
� Uses workgroups as a technique for bringing experts together to develop standards
� Compliance available but ignored
� Annual budget of ~US$ 400,000.00
Details about the PPDM Association can be found at:
www.ppdm.org/about/index.html
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Benefits of thePublic Petroleum Data Model
� Controls information technology costs
� Improves productivity through improved data accessibility, accuracy and reliability
� Increases fraction of available software that can be utilized
� Improves consistency of communication among explorationists and IT professionals
Profitable, productive wells
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Oil & GasWishing for Better Exploration Results
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Description of theRETS Organization
� Organized and funded by NAR; started in 1999
� Develops and maintains an interoperability standard for the real estate industry
� Workgroups intended to address details of the RETS standard
� Compliance certification is available & sought after
� Annual budget of ~US$ 500,000.00
Details about the RETS organization can be found at:
www.rets.org
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Benefits of theReal Estate Transaction Standard
� Simplified data access
� Improved timeliness of data
� Richer choice of client software
� More efficient way to deliver MLS data
� Reduced technical support
� Smoother MLS system conversions
� Streamlined product development
A more detailed look at the RETS value proposition can be found at:
www.rets.org/retsvalue/index.php or www.corvelle.com/rets
Profitablereal estate
transactions
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Standards WarrantCareful Introduction
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,THAT SORT OF DECISIONSHOULD BE MADE BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
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Conclusions
� Standards like PPDM and RETS are delivering value
� Standards evolve in response to environmental changes
� Standards are not a project; they’re never done
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Recommendations
� Contribute to the development of standards where a business case exists
� Communicate the benefits case for standards adoption within your organization
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Questions &Discussion
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1800, 250 - 6th Ave. S.W.Calgary, Alberta Canada T2P 3H7
Phone: +1 (403) 249-5255E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.corvelle.com
Information technology related management consulting
Project management and systems development
Computing Canada & Calgary Herald columnist
RETS Core Group member
PPDM Association board member
The Significanceof Standards for Industry
Management Consultants
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Common Issuesaffecting Standards
� Poorly explained, communicated, promoted
� Complex implementation
� Wrangling within the standards organization
� Technical elegance pursued more vigorously than business usefulness
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Who is Using RETS?
� 40 of the top 59 MLS - hold 50% of listings
� All of Rapattoni’s 90 MLS customers
� All of Interealty’s 38 MLS customers
� Marketlinx’s 27 MLS customers
� FNIS - 16 of approximately 300 MLS customers
� Custom in-house MLS systems:
– Washington, DC - MRIS
– Denver - Metrolist
Prepared by:
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RETS Benefits - 1
� MLS Organizations & Staff
– More efficient way to deliver MLS data
– Reduced technical support for MLS data delivery
– Reduced technical support for MLS data changes
– Smoother MLS system conversions
� Brokers
– Simplified data access
– Frequent data & media updates
– Simplified aggregation of data from multiple MLSs
– Simplified response to MLS system migrations
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RETS Benefits - 2
� MLS Service Providers
– Fewer MLS software versions in use
– Standardized MLS system migrations
– Streamlined product development
� MLS Data Consumers
– Higher MLS Service Provider availability
– Standardized adaptation of software
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RETS Benefits - 3
� MLS Customers
– RETS provides a richer choice of client software
� Consumers
– RETS improves timeliness of data
� Fostering Innovation
– RETS enables focus on new functionality and innovation
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PPDM Benefits
� Controls information technology costs
– eliminates the need to develop, evolve and maintain internal data models and custom software
– lowers systems costs to update and maintain duplicate information
– minimizes data transfer between software applications or multiple databases
� Improves productivity through improved data accessibility, accuracy and reliability
– improves the quality, quantity and timeliness of information
– enhances business processes through clarification of data ownership
� Increases fraction of available software that can be utilized
– reduces take-up time for new software applications
� Improves consistency of communication among explorationists and IT professionals
– reduces risk through improved reliability with clear, concise data definitions
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Who is Using PPDM?
� Amerada Hess Corporation
� Anadarko Canada
� Aramco Services Company
� Burlington Resources
� Chevron
� Devon Energy
� Ecopetrol
� EnCana Corporation
� ExxonMobil Exploration
� IHS Energy Group
� Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas
� Landmark Graphics Canada Inc.
� Microsoft Canada
� Nexen, Inc.
� OMV Aktiengesellschaft
� Pemex Exploración y Producción
� Petro-Canada
� Santos Ltd.
� Schlumberger/GeoQuest
� Shell Canada Limited
� Talisman Energy Inc.
� Woodside Australian Energy
Selected, larger members
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High-LevelBusiness Goals
� Increase market share
– Increase revenue
� Enhance productivity
– Increase margins
� Reduce cycle times
– Reduce costs
Standards reduce the effortrequired to achieve these goals
Increasednet income;Increasedreturn on
investment
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Standards worth£2.5 billion annually to UK business
� Encourage innovation
– Standards stimulate innovation and provide support for businesses from concept to market
� Enable economic growth
– Standards increase profitability
� Promote market access
– Standards provide better access to markets and facilitate trade
A soft copy of the research can be found at:
www.dti.gov.uk/iese/The_Empirical_Economics_of_Standards.pdf
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Impact ofStandards
� Growth
– Delivered around 13% of post war UK productivity growth
� Productivity
– Contribute to international technology transfer process
� Innovation
– Are a net source of innovation relevant information
Creating standards and raising their profile is valuable
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The StandardsConundrum
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Bibliography- 1
� The Case for New Economic Models to Support Standardization Efforts
– by Clifford A. Lynch; Bio at: www.cni.org/staff/clifford_index.html
– www.niso.org/press/whitepapers/wp-lynch.html
� DataConsortium
– www.dataconsortium.org
� The Empirical Economics of Standards
– DTI Economics Paper No.12 - June 2005
– www.dti.gov.uk/iese/ The_Empirical_Economics_of_Standards.pdf
� Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate - Americas, Inc.
– www.oscre.org
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Bibliography- 2
� The PODS™ Association
– brings world-wide pipeline industry experts together in a round table approach to engineer a business driven data model
– www.pods.org/index.shtml
� POSC, the Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium
– www.posc.org
� PPDM and PODS Associations
– Houston Standards Conference, Spring 2005
– www.ppdm.org/events/past_events/spring_conference_2005.html
� The PPDM Association
– www.ppdm.org
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Bibliography- 3
� RETS Value Proposition
– www.rets.org/retsvalue/index.php
– www.corvelle.com/rets
� Standards-based knowledge environments for the oil and gas industry
– Trudy Curtis, CEO and CIO, Public Petroleum Data Model (PPDM) Association
– EAGE first break volume 23, January 2005
– www.ppdm.org/file_downloads/public/misc/PPDM_Highresolution_FirstBreak.pdf
� Standards worth £2.5bn to UK business
– 20 June 2005 - Standards contribute £2.5bn per annum to the UK economy according to a new study published by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the British Standards Institution (BSI)
– www.bsi-global.com/News/Releases/2005/June/n42b29aefbe7f3.xalter
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ChinaSubverting Standards?
� Lab check of Windows source code
– Security flaw check or intellectual property theft?
� Huawei/Cisco battle over router software
– Innovation or intellectual property theft?
� Encryption for WiFi communication standard
– Security improvement or trade barrier to favor Chinese suppliers?
� GALILEO Global Positioning System
– Influencing standards to maintain political power position
Standards can contributeto economic & political goals
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References forChina Subverting Standards?
� China lab checks Windows
– 26 September 2003, CNET Asia staff
– Microsoft is the first commercial software company that has signed an operating system source code browsing agreement with the Chinese government
– software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,10006187,00.htm
� Huawei admits copying Cisco code
– 26 March 2003, Ben Charny
– uk.builder.com/developer/0,39026995,2132488,00.htm
� China's Wi-Fi Wrangle
– March 15, 2004, Bruce Einhorn
– A storm is brewing over Beijing's restrictive wireless policy, which foreigners say unfairly favors local players in the name of security
– www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc20040315_6034_tc058.htm
� EU and China to collaborate on GALILEO; the European global system of satellite navigation
– September 18, 2003
– www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12587