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Standards for Industry

Presenter: Yogi Schulz

The Significance of Standards for Industry

September 2005 Copyright © 2005 Corvelle Management Consultants


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



Standards Improve Performance



PresentationOutline

� Presentation Objectives

� Learning from PPDM and RETS:

– Description

– Benefits

� Conclusions & Recommendations

� Questions & Discussion



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



Evolution ofStandards



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



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



Oil & GasWishing for Better Exploration Results



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



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



Standards WarrantCareful Introduction

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,THAT SORT OF DECISIONSHOULD BE MADE BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE DOING.



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



Recommendations

� Contribute to the development of standards where a business case exists

� Communicate the benefits case for standards adoption within your organization



Questions &Discussion



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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



Common Issuesaffecting Standards

� Poorly explained, communicated, promoted

� Complex implementation

� Wrangling within the standards organization

� Technical elegance pursued more vigorously than business usefulness



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:



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



The StandardsConundrum



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



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



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



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



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

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