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(Statistical Network)(Statistical Network)Opportunity: Opportunity: Industrialization of EditingIndustrialization of Editing

Li-Chun Zhang

Statistics Norway

e-mail: li.chun.zhang@ssb.no

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Coping with multiple challenges(ABS initiative, Paris 2010: ABS, ONS, SCB, SNZ, SSB, StatCan)

• Budget constraints

• Increasing user demand– Scope and content of statistical outputs– Quality awareness

• Changing information society– Information-related technologies– Data/metadata infrastructure

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Modernization & obstacles

• Production efficiency– Quality vs. Cost– Flexibility for reconfiguration/regeneration

• Modernization programs: From stovepipe solutions to corporate-wise standardized general systems

• Obstacles– Continuous production vs. development/migration– Lack of internationally recognized standard/framework

Generic statistical business process model (GSBPM) Generic statistical information model (GSIM) to-be

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Industrialization: A vision statement

• Each NSI is a factory of statistical information– Products: excellence in quality– Production means: capable as well as flexible– Production process: efficient given resource-at-disposal

• Together, an industry of social-economic statistical information with its own industrial standards

– Foundation for cost-efficient development and exchange of production means; potential market of commercial interest

– Consolidation of our statistical outputs in information society, making them readily accessible, interpretable & comparable

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Standardization of 4 business domains:Away with all unnecessary variations!

• Production Process: GSBPM

• Metadata & Information Management: GSIM

• Methodology:– Standardization ≠ Single solution– Recommended/base-line solution = point of departure– Deviation if justified = impetus for auditing– Over time, standardization generates a method library

• IT-Tools and Platforms:– General statistical systems– Architectural design– Engineering principles

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Applicability(in Descending Order)

Business Domain

Business Process Metadata and Information Management

Methodology IT-Tools and Platforms

Concept General Work Flow Glossary ofKey Concepts

Method Minimum Set of Standard

E&I-Methods

Tool Stocktaking & Specification for

DevelopmentPlatform

Resource 2-/3-day Workshop 2-day Workshop Unclear Unclear

• Opportunity = Umbrella / field of activity

• Projects and tasks– Interest/need & resource – University party: agility & low-level of project management– Sprints => tangible output over concentrated time period

Some initial proposals of short-term tasks/projects

Network approach: Experiences & reshaping