Product Standards Committee

Definition

Product Standards Committee: any team that keeps the official list(s) of approved standard hardware and software products for the environments of an organization

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Product Standards Committee is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

The typical team-specific responsibilities of a Product Standards Committee are to:

Evaluate commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software products (components and applications).
Develop and maintain the official list(s) of approved standard hardware and software products for the management, development, and production environments of an organization.
Maximizing the benefits of standardization (e.g., economies of scale, compatibility, decreased learning curve).

A product standards committee typically inherits the general team responsibilities from the team method component.

A product standards committee typically consists of persons playing the following roles:

Computer User Support Engineer, who:
- Ensures the supportability of the standardized client hardware and software products.
Data Center Manager, who:
- Leads the product standards committee.
- Ensures the feasibility of the standards from a management (e.g., cost, contracting) standpoint.
Hardware Engineer, who:
- Researches, evaluates, and recommends hardware products.
Network Administrator, who:
- Ensures the appropriateness of the standardized network hardware and software products.
Operator, who:
- Ensures the usability of the standardized data center hardware and software products.
Software Architect, who:
- Researches, evaluates, and recommends software products.
Systems Administrator, who:
- Ensures the administratability of the standardized data center hardware and software products.
User Representative, who:
- Ensures the usability of the standardized hardware and software products.

A product standards committee typically performs the following team-specific tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

The product standards committee typically inherits the common team tasks from the team method component.

A product standards committee typically produces all or part of the following work products: