ITI Cycle Milestones

This page was a first draft for editors guidelines. It isn't used anymore, the guidelines being in the ITI_Editors_Guidelines page.

Meeting	Time frame	Goal	Input	Output
First face to face	November / December	Based on an analysis of the detailed proposals, to define recommandations for the coming cycle in terms of new work items	Detail proposal for each proposed new work items with a list of alternatives for the standards that can be used	Written recommandation to the planning committee
Second face to face	January / February	For each supplement, review of all the use cases and selections of the standards to be used in the profile	For each work item, a document started with the proper IHE template properly applied; For each supplement, a rough cut of volume 1 For each supplement, a list of alternatives for standards to be used for the profile with strengthes and weaknesses of each alternatives	For each supplement, an action plan to complete volume 1 through calls based on the use cases reviewed during the meeting
Third face to face	April / May	For each supplement, review of volume 2 and preparation for public comment publication of all work items	For each supplement, volume 1 completed (reviewed at least twice by the editorial team prior to the face to face) For each supplement, volume 2 fully written (each transaction described, security section written...) and ready to be reviewed by the committee (reviewed at least twice by the editorial team prior to the face to face)	For each work item, an approved document to be released for public comment publication possibly pending minor updates to be completed before the release date
Fourth face to face	July	For each work item, resolution of comments and preparation for final publication	For each work item, a complete document updated with resolution from non-controversial comments (done through call(s) with the editorial team) For each work item, an ordered list of non-resolved comments sorted by priority	For each work item, an approved document to be released for final publication possibly pending minor updates to be completed before the release date

As a reminder, input, goal and output of each face to face meeting are listed below:

First technical face to face meeting of the cycle (November 18th-19th for 2008-2009 cycle)

Input:

• Detail proposal for each proposed new work item (profile or white paper) with a list of alternatives for the standards that can be used.

Goal:

• Based on an analysis of the detailed proposals, to define recommandations for the coming cycle in terms of new work items (profiles and white papers).
  

Output:

• Written recommandation to the planning committee.
  

Second technical face to face meeting of the cycle (January 26th-29th for 2008-2009 cycle)

Input:

• For each work item (profile or white paper), a document started with the proper IHE template properly applied;
• For each profile, a rough cut of volume 1;
• For each white paper, a detailed outline with identification of the name and the future content of each section;
• For each profile and for each white paper for which it is relevant, a list of alternatives for standards to be used for the profile with strengthes and weaknesses of each alternative.
  

Goal:

• For each profile, review of all the use cases and selection of the standards to be used in the profile;
• For each white paper, review of the outline and if relevant selection of the standards.

Output:

• For each profile, an action plan to complete volume 1 through calls based on the use cases reviewed during the meeting;
• For each white paper, an action plan to complete the identified sections through calls.

Third technical face to face meeting of the cycle (May 4th-8th for 2008-2009 cycle)

Input:

• For each profile, volume 1 completed (reviewed at least twice by the editorial team prior to the face to face);
• For each profile, volume 2 fully written (each transaction described, security section written...) and ready to be reviewed by the committee (reviewed at least twice by the editorial team prior to the face to face);
• For each white paper, draft of the white paper with possible open issues (reviewed at least once by the editoria team prior to the face to face).
  

Goal:

• For each profile, review of volume 2 and preparation for public comment publication;
• For each white paper, review of the draft and preparation for public comment publication.
  

Output:

• For each work item (profile or white paper), an approved document to be released for public comment publication possibly pending minor updates to be completed before the release date.
  

Fourth technical face to face meeting of the cycle (July 13th-17th for 2008-2009 cycle)

Input:

• For each work item (profile or white paper), a complete document updated with resolution from non-controversial comments (possibly done through call(s) with the editorial team);
• For each work item (profile or white paper), an ordered list of non-resolved comments sorted by priority.

Goal:

• For each work item (profile or white paper), resolution of comments and preparation for final publication.
  

Output

• For each work item (profile or white paper), an approved document to be released for final publication possibly pending minor updates to be completed before the release date.