From human resources to outsourcing – ISO expands work in five areas
With already a wide-ranging portfolio of over 18 600 International Standards covering almost everything from screw sizes to social responsibility, ISO’s scope continues to diversify with the recent addition and expansion of five work areas for standards’ development. These are:
- Project, programme and portfolio management
- Outsourcing
- Human resources management
- Additive manufacturing
- Risk management.
Project, programme and portfolio 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 27-29 June 2011 in Washington DC, USA. 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.
Outsorcing
Due to the multiplicity of existing documents on outsourcing, and the lack of a common vocabulary for the industry on which to base their communications, ISO established a new project committee ISO/PC 259, Outsourcing.
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