Standards Survey

From: Simen Hagen <simen_at_thrasher.lis.pitt.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 1994 21:42:14 GMT
Message-ID: <2m2lnn$719_at_toads.pgh.pa.us>

INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS QUESTIONNAIRE The following questionnaire has been developed as part of an ongoing research project on Information Technology Standards at the University of Pittsburgh. The goal of the research is to identify the characteristics of standards development processes that contribute to effective generation of quality standards.

If you have actively participated in an information standards process, we welcome your response to the survey. If you have experience with multiple standards, we would welcome multiple responses, but would ask that on each survey all responses be made in relation to one development process. Please answer the questions as they appear and do not alter the question statements or choices. A section for additional comments is at the end of the survey.

Please complete and e-mail your completed survey to mbsclass_at_lis.pitt.edu as soon as possible, but not after April 7, 1994. All individual responses to the survey will be kept confidential and will be used by researchers exclusively for compiling and analyzing summary statistics. After the data has been analyzed, summarized findings will be available to you via Internet.

If you prefer total anonymity, please send a copy of the questionaire to:

          Andrew Snow
          Internet Survey Coordinator
          Suite 702, School of Library and Information Science
          University of Pittsburgh
          Pittsburgh
          PA 15213

     In accord with University of Pittsburgh and Federal guidlines

related to the conduct of reserch involving human subjects, we need to be clear that your participation in this study is voluntary. If you choose to return this survey it is an indication of your consent to be a part of the study described below and to publication of the data obtained from the study for scientific purposes.

This study is being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Michael B.Spring, Department of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Room 705 LIS, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The purpose of this study is to identify steps in the standard development process and characteristics human behavior that designate an effective standards development process.

There is neither a cost nor a payment involved in this reseach project. Any information about you obtained from answers to questionnaires will be kept strictly confidential and your identity will not be revealed in any description or publication of this research. (Upon receipt of the returned questionaire, your name will be stripped from the mail note and discarded.)

Any questions you have about this research will be answered by Dr. Spring who may be reached at 412-624-9429, or via email at spring_at_lis.pitt.edu.

A copy of the results of the study may be obtained by sending an email request to spring_at_lis.pitt.edu. Any questions you have about your rights as a research subject will be answered by the Office of Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at 412-647-8475.

Thank you for your participation.

QUESTIONNAIRE (C-1)

Please state the standard for which you actively participated in development:
Please state the standards organization and specific standards committee/subcommittee of which you were a member:
On average, how many times a year did your committee/subcommittee meet (1,2,3,4,...)?
How many total meetings did you attend in the development of this standard?
What is the average size of the committees/subcommittees on which you participated?
Which of the following categories BEST describes your job function while engaged in the development of the identified standard? (Marketing/Sales, R&D, Product Development, Manufacturing, Operations, User Representative, Consortium Representative, Systems Integrator)
What percentage of your total work time was spent working on the development of the standard? (0 to 100 percent)
What one characteristic BEST DESCRIBES your personal contribution to this standards process (please select only one): ability to focus on objectives.................................... ability to forge consensus........................................ attention to technical detail..................................... ability to initiate proposals to get things moving................ ability to actively head-off bad ideas............................ ability to listen attentively and monitor activities to ensure process is going in the right direction................
total 100
How many years had you worked on technical issues related to the standards activity?
How many years had you worked in information technology field at the time of your involvement?
Please allocate 100 points among the categories that best describe your MOTIVATION for participating in this standards process (more points to a particular category means better description of motivation): professional prestige.......................................... intellectual curiosity......................................... desire to positively influence the future...................... boredom back at the office..................................... like to travel................................................. supervisor sent me............................................. protect the interests of employer..............................
total 100
Please allocate 100 points among the skill areas you think are MOST IMPORTANT to individuals participating in the standards process (more points to an area means more importance): time management................................................ art of negotiation............................................. how to run and participate in a meeting........................ technical expertise............................................ formal presentations........................................... competition and marketing...................................... international relations........................................ foreign language proficiency................................... product management............................................. technology forecasting.........................................
total 100
On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the quality of the products (technical reports, drafts, annual reports, standards, etc.) produced by the committee/subcommittee ( 1 = poor and 10 = outstanding).
On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the efficiency of the process that produced these products.
On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the effectiveness of the chairperson in the management of the process that produced these products.
Please allocate 100 points among the following categories that best describes the characteristics of the chairperson who oversaw these activities: able to focus on objectives.................................... ability to forge consensus..................................... attention to technical detail.................................. ability to initiate proposals to get things moving............. ability to actively head-off bad ideas......................... ability to listen attentively and monitor activities to ensure process is going in the right direction.............
total 100
Please allocate 100 points among the following characteristics that you believe are necessary for a chairperson to succeed: able to focus on objectives.................................... ability to forge consensus..................................... attention to technical detail.................................. ability to initiate proposals to get things moving............. ability to actively head-off bad ideas......................... ability to listen attentively and monitor activities to ensure process is going in the right direction.............
total 100
Please identify characteristic(s), if any, of the member of the committee/group that you found particularly debilitating or harmful to the process.
Please identify characteristic(s), if any, of the chairperson of the committee/group that you found particularly debilitating or harmful to the process.

Please provide any comments you wish to make about the survey or the standards development process:

-- 
Simen.
simen_at_lis.pitt.edu

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