The ATIS Plan for Restructure

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The ATIS Plan for Restructure
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A Big Picture Recap

• An ATIS Board strategic look, spurred by a
  difficult economy and a proliferation of
  standards groups with minimal coordination
  draining industry resources.
• Conclusion A new approach to standardization
  needed.
• Prioritization of needed work
• Coordination of priorities across the standards
  community and
• End-to-end implementable, interoperable standards
  and outputs.

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A Big Picture Recap (cont.)

• The ATIS Board
• Developed a new ATIS Mission Statement
• Defined end-to-end view of standards ATIS
  Standards
• Launched the TOPS Council
• Identified the Industrys Priorities
• Focus Groups launched
• Work Plans targeted 1st Quarter, 2004
• Required all stakeholders to become members of
  ATIS
• Presented a new structure to support the vision
  and objective

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Why Restructure ATIS?

• Restructure is an important aspect of the ATIS
  Boards Plan for Change.
• Current structure is an amalgam of committees
  with no organizational rationale.
• Not integrated for efficiency and effectiveness
  no real change for 20 years.
• A proof point that ATIS is changing to achieve a
  business, market-driven approach to standards.
• ATIS structure, processes, and committee names
  need to be user friendly.
• Not clear as to where or how to introduce
  standards work into the structure.
• Difficult to identify where new work (e.g.,
  emerging technologies, NGN etc.) belongs.
• Not clear from the outside the extent of work
  in the committees.

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Why Restructure ATIS? (cont.)

• Committee structure needs to support how work
  fits into broader ATIS and the development of
  implementable, interoperable solutions ATIS
  Standards.
• Inter-committee work flows would benefit from
  greater efficiencies.
• Industrys ability to drive work through the ATIS
  committees and promote the entirety of the
  organization needs to be enhanced.

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Specifics of the Restructure

• Ten Functional Groups
• Logical groupings of work.
• Full spectrum of industry needs, including
  placeholders for future work.
• Easy to add work areas to the proposed structure.
• TFPC Falls under the Performance, Reliability,
  and Security Functional Group
• Two Areas of Activity
• Recognized that standards work falls into two
  general areas
• Universal Functions, such as Performance,
  Reliability, and Security, that apply to all
  platforms, and
• Platform Functions that include work addressing a
  specific platform, such as Wireless.

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ATIS Restructure
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Rollout Plan

• October 29, 2003 Restructure approved by
  the Full ATIS Board
• November 13, 2003 ATIS Board Leadership
  meeting with Committee
• Leaders to present restructure and seek
• implementation feedback
• Week of November 17, 2003 Letters to
• 1) ATIS Members
• 2) Committee Participants
• Mid-November through Committees plan and
  implement with support of
• 1st Quarter, 2004 ATIS Staff
• January 1, 2004 Restructure implementation cut
  date
• where possible, Committees begin to meet as
  entities
• defined in restructure all new work
  processed through
• new committee structures
• April 1, 2004 Operations of all former
  committees cease restructure implementation
  complete

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Questions and Answers
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Why does the ATIS Board think a restructure is
needed?

• The new structure developed by the Board
• Addresses a fuller spectrum of industry needs
• Is more logical and easily understood to internal
  ATIS Committees and external groups
• Facilitates work flow and inter-committee
  communications
• Achieves efficiencies through updated structure
  and streamlined processes and
• Is a dynamic, flexible structure that can grow
  and change to accommodate work.

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Why does the ATIS Board think a restructure is
needed? (cont.)

• In addition, there were several principles used
  to guide the development of the restructure
• Logical Grouping of Existing Work and Support of
  New Work
• Creation of a Flexible and Marketable Structure
• Refocus Work of the ATIS Committees to Drive the
  Development of Standards Instead of Administer
  Their Activities

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Why were the committees not consulted as the
restructure was developed?

• As the Board studied the restructure, significant
  consideration was given to when to consult with
  the committees on the various alternatives under
  discussion. However, in the end, the Boardwhich
  now has 45 members, many from your companiesfelt
  it was of the utmost importance that partial or
  inaccurate accounts of the changes under
  consideration not be released in a manner that
  could distract the committees from the important
  work in which they were engaged. The Board firmly
  believes that this decision is in the best
  interests of both ATIS and its committees.

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When will the restructure become effective?

• Beginning January 1, 2004, forums and committees
  will begin to meet as entities defined in the
  restructure, using the new Operating Procedures
  for ATIS Forums and Committees. At that time
  all work will be processed through the new
  committee structures. Implementation will
  complete on April 1, 2004, and operation of all
  former forums and committees will cease at that
  time.

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What is the purpose of the 10 functional groups?

• The 10 functional groups represent a functional
  framework for organizing the work of ATIS and for
  the outside world to clearly understand as to
  what ATIS does and stands for.

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Will there be a leader for these groups?

• The 10 functional groups are not actual
  committees or individuals with administrative or
  oversight responsibilities. It is anticipated
  that committees in the same functional group will
  co-locate their meetings whenever possible to
  facilitate efficient inter-committee
  communication and cooperation.

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What difference will the restructure make in how
the committees and forums operate in 2004?

• Although forum operation in 2004 will be very
  similar to 2003 operations, there will be four
  main differences.

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Four Differences in 2004

• Beginning January 1, 2004, all ATIS forums and
  committees will begin operation under the new
  Operating Procedures for ATIS Forums and
  Committees.
• Beginning January 1, 2004, ATIS forums and
  committees will begin using the ATIS Issue Form
  included in the Operating Procedures for ATIS
  Committees and Forums. This form will require
  that related work necessary to make an issue
  resolution implementable be identified at the
  time of issue introduction and initiated in the
  appropriate forum as required.

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Four Differences in 2004 (cont.)

• ATIS Forums and Committees will begin utilizing
  the Internal Process for Development of an ATIS
  Standard for work related to TOPS initiatives
  and other ATIS Standards. This process is
  included in the Operating Procedures for ATIS
  Forums and Committees.
• Whenever possible, Forums and Committees will
  co-locate with other forums in their Functional
  Group to facilitate inter-forum cooperation and
  work flow.

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How will this restructure affect leaders needed
for 2004?

• and what about elections already held?
• Committees will select their 2004 leadership in
  accordance with the new Operating Procedures
• In those cases where 2004 leadership has already
  been selected, Forums or Committees will reaffirm
  consensus on this leadership for the terms
  specified in the new Operating Procedures.
• At this time, it is not anticipated that a
  moderator and assistant moderator will be
  required for the new NIOAF. This group is being
  created to concentrate and focus operations and
  administration expertise in a single location,
  and to gain efficiencies by having these meetings
  collocated. If, over time, it becomes evident
  that a leadership structure is desirable, such a
  change will be considered.

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Will there still be working group leadership?

• Yes, subtending bodies will continue to exist at
  the discretion of the Forum. The terminology
  provided in the Operating Procedures for ATIS
  Forums and Committees for subtending bodies is
  committees, subcommittees, or task forces.

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Will the reorganization have any effect on
committee funding for 2004?

• For all committees except TCIF, there will be no
  change in their funding structure for 2004
  however, there may be a change in funding levels
  within those structures.
• NIIF 2004 Fees will remain as approved at the
  NIIF 41 General Session meeting.

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If meetings are co-located, a participant may
have to choose which meeting to attend.

• In some cases co-location may indeed cause a
  member company to choose to send additional
  participants to cover a meeting. We believe the
  cases where this will occur are relatively few
  and that cooperative meeting and agenda planning
  can reduce the occurrence further.

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Can a Forum/Committees own rules be more
proscriptive than the ATIS Operating Procedures?
 

• The Board realizes and appreciates the time and
  effort that the forums and committees have spent
  over the years in developing their principles and
  procedures. In a time when the industry needs
  end-to-end standards to be finished ever more
  quickly, the Board believes its uniform
  Operating Procedures will provide for more
  efficient work flow among the committees in
  completing these joint efforts.

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How will procedural issues be resolved by the
Forums?

• Procedural issues will continue to be resolved
  within the Forum itself. If unsuccessful, the
  Operating Procedures for ATIS Forums and
  Committees provide an appeals process.

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Doesnt creating NIOAF actually create more
bureaucracy instead of simplifying things?

• NIOAF will not be structured as an oversight body
  for its committees, but as a visible entity where
  the industry can bring network integration,
  operations, and administration issues for
  resolution. This group is being created to
  concentrate and focus operations and
  administration expertise in a single location,
  and to gain efficiencies by having these meetings
  collocated. If, over time, it becomes evident
  that a leadership structure is desirable, such a
  change will be considered.