Ralph Sporer - German candidate for the IEC SMB Chair - System Standardization
Channel: DKE Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik in DIN und VDE
Date: 17/06/2016

The world is growing more and more complex. The old way of looking at things in separated silos is no longer adequate. Therefore also standardization has to find a way to deal with such complex situation. From 2010 I have been chairing of the European Smart Energy Coordination Group. In this group we met the typical challenges of complex systems from the very beginning: A huge number of stakeholders, a diverging view on technology and business and a very short timeline. From the beginning it was clear that we need new ideas. We have implemented a pre-standardization process by collecting use cases, mapping them to a model, deriving the interfaces and with that the need for standards. Finally we came up with a work plan and a list of standards that can be used in this area. My conclusion is that we need to learn from the experiences of the first System Committees in IEC and that we need to further develop this approach.