Work Group Health

This page contains the links and charts for the latest Work Group Health (WGH) information by Steering Division.

Current WGH Snapshots: Browse all packages
or see the latest releases for 2016Jan Update Release:

• DESD May Report
• FTSD May Report
• SSD-SD May Report
• T3SD May Report

What is measured?

What is measured? The activities count the bold headings on the grid, namely:

• Active projects – if less than 1, the count is incremented. Active projects are approved projects in active status with resources working on them (does not count 3-Yr Plan, On Hold, or unapproved projects).
• Mission and Charter statement(M&C) < 2 yrs old - If the Work Group's Mission and Charter has not been updated in the past two years, the count is incremented
  • Updated content to Mission and Charter statements must be approved by a vote in the Work Group and approved by the Steering Division
  • Reviews without changes to Mission and Charter statements must be voted upon by the Work Group and the Steering Division notified
• Decision Making Practices (DMP) - WG has an approved DMP less than 3 years old (changed 2014Feb)
  • A change to a Work Group's DMP must be approved by a vote in the Work Group; Steering Division approval is not required. Send approved DMPs to PIC for review and to Lynn (at) HL7.org for publishing.
• Project Health (new 2013Jan) - The newest metric is Project Health, which is a combination of the number of RED from the following {BS Metrics:
  • Recirculation
  • Unpublished Ballots
  • Work Group Missing 3YP Items in Pjt Insight
  • % of PI Items with Nxt Milestone Behind > 120 Days
• SWOT – The Work Group's SWOT analysis should be less than three years old; if not, the count is incremented
  • SWOT analysis should be approved by a vote in the Work Group; Steering Division approval is not required but Steering Division review is recommended
• Co-Chair Post-WGM Survey - if the Work Group did not participate in the post-WGM survey for the immediate past WGM, the count is incremented
  • Only one co-chair from each Work Group should participate in the survey
• Ballot Presence - If the Work Group did not participate in the current ballot cycle or the two ballot cycles previous, the count is incremented (Not measured for T3SD nor *healthiest* WG)
  • Co-sponsorship of a ballot is also considered toward participation
• Minutes posted since last WGM – if posted minutes from the prior WGM or interim teleconferences are not present the count is incremented. Posting of minutes can be on the Work Group's page on the HL7 web site or at the location pointed to from the Work Group's "Additional Resources" on the Web site (e.g. on the Wiki).
  • Posted minutes of the last WGM are counted although a better demonstration of WGH is to have posted minutes of conference calls occurring between WGMs.
• Last listserv activity - if no activity has occurred on the list serv since the last WGM, the count is incremented
• Harmonization Participation (updated 2013May): if the Work Group did not have a representative attend Harmonization in the past cycle, or if the WG does not indicate to the Harmonization listserv they have reviewed the items for harmonization this cycle and have no input, the count is incremented (excludes T3SD and not measured for *Healthiest* WG)
  • Participation is measured by the attendees' self-declaration of the Work Group(s) they are representing. An attendee can represent more than one Work Group.
• WG CC Scheduled – if the Work Group has not scheduled any conference calls since the last WGM, the count is incremented (may be validated using conference calling service records whether calls were actually conducted, in addition to whether they were scheduled, as well)
  • For those WGs who do not conduct conference calls, out-of-cycle meetings are counted towards demonstration of interim activity between Working Group Meetings of the WG
• SD CC Participation – if the Work Group did not have at least 50% representation at Steering Division conference calls or e-votes since the last meeting, the count is incremented (i.e. DESD uses Doodle Polls; SSD SD both e-vote and concalls; FTSD & T3SD usually conf calls)
• Steering Division co-chair (TSC Representative) Election Participation – if the Work Group did not cast a vote for their Steering Division co-chair, i.e. representative of the Steering Division to the TSC in the annual election prior to the Plenary meeting, the count is incremented
  • This metric continues to be represented in each cycle, not just in the plenary cycle, for even though the activity is only conducted once per year the effect perseveres through all cycles.
• WG Rep at SD WGM - if WG does not have a representative at the previous Face to Face Steering Division Work Group Meeting, the count is incremented
• WGM scheduled – if the Work Group did not schedule any meetings in person at the WGM, the count is incremented.
  • Meetings counted are Host only; joint meetings not counted.
• Co-Chair WGM Tasks
  • This metric is an evaluation of the following tasks and their completion by the deadlines set and announced in the countdown calendar: WGM room requests; posting the previous cycle's WGM minutes (i.e., the May report evaluates if the January minutes were posted on time) and posting the upcoming WGM agenda. WGs receive credit if two of the three tasks have been completed on time in the cycle.

Suggestions?

• Suggestions for enhancements to the Work Group Health metrics are being tracked in the TSC GForge project at http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/tsc/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=616. Send suggestions to Lynn to be considered at the next WGM.

Key:

• 0-3: Green light
• 4-7: Yellow light
• 8+ : Red light

Archives

Full spreadsheets, as well as snapshots of point-in-time work group health portraits are available by Steering Division on GForge at: http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/tsc/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=121

DESD	FTSD	SSD SD	T3SD
DESD - 2014May 2014Jan 2013Sep 2013May 2013Jan 2012Sep 2012May 2012Jan 2011Sep 2011May 2011Jan 2010Sep 2010May 2010Jan, DESD 2009 Sep	FTSD - 2014May 2014Jan 2013Sep 2013May 2013Jan 2012Sep 2012May 2012Jan 2011Sep 2011May 2011Jan 2010Sep FTSD 2010 May 2010Jan, FTSD 2009 Sep,	SSD SD - 2014May 2014Jan 2013Sep 2013May 2013Jan 2012Sep 2012May 2012Jan 2011Sep 2011May 2011Jan 2010Sep 2010May 2010Jan, 2009Sep	TSS SD - 2014May 2014Jan 2013Sep 2013May 2013Jan 2012Sep 2012May 2012Jan 2011Sep 2011May 2011Jan 2010Sep 2010 May 2010Jan, TSS SD 2009 Sep

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