ISO Adds Five Work Areas for Standards' Development
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND-With a portfolio of more than 18,600 International standards, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently added and expanded five work areas for standards’ development. These are:
Project, program and portfolio management ;
Outsourcing;
Human resources management;
Additive manufacturing; and
Risk management.
ISO had originally established a project committee to develop a single standard on project management (ISO/PC 236). However, recognizing that the discipline of project management is much broader than what a single standard can encompass, it was decided that a new technical committee would be created to develop additional standards in this area.
The new ISO/TC 258, Project, Programme and Portfolio Management, will address aspects that are not covered in the standard currently in development by ISO/PC 236 (ISO 21500), but which are considered essential and urgently needed in many countries.
The first meeting will take place on June 27-29 in Washington, DC. Currently, 34 countries are involved. The Secretariat and Chair of the committee are held by ANSI (ISO member for the USA) and BSI (ISO member for the United Kingdom) respectively.
ISO had originally established a project committee to develop a single standard on project management (ISO/PC 236). However, recognizing that the discipline of project management is much broader than what a single standard can encompass, it was decided that a new technical committee would be created to develop additional standards in this area.
The new ISO/TC 258, Project, Programme and Portfolio Management, will address aspects that are not covered in the standard currently in development by ISO/PC 236 (ISO 21500), but which are considered essential and urgently needed in many countries.
The first meeting will take place on June 27-29 in Washington, DC. Currently, 34 countries are involved. The Secretariat and Chair of the committee are held by ANSI (ISO member for the USA) and BSI (ISO member for the United Kingdom) respectively.
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