United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical DivisionUnited Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical Division
The Common Statistical Production Architecture:
An Important New Toolfor Process Standardisation
Steven ValeUNECE
Introducing the HLG
High-level Group for the Modernisation of Statistical Production and ServicesCreated by the Conference of European Statisticians in 2010Vision and strategy endorsed by CES in 2011/2012
Who are the HLG members?
Pádraig Dalton (Ireland) - Chairman Trevor Sutton (Australia) Wayne Smith (Canada) Emanuele Baldacci (Italy) Bert Kroese (Netherlands) Park, Hyungsoo (Republic of Korea) Genovefa Ružić (Slovenia) Walter Radermacher (Eurostat) Martine Durand (OECD) Lidia Bratanova (UNECE)
What does the HLG do?
Oversees activities that support modernisation of statistical organisations
Stimulates development of global standards and international collaboration activities
“Within the official statistics community ... take a leadership and coordination role”
HLG Activities – Engagement Map
Problem statement:Specialised business processes, methods and IT systems for each survey / output
Applying Enterprise Architecture
Disseminate
... but if each statistical organisation works by themselves ...
... we get this ...
.. which makes it hard toshare and reuse!
… but if statistical organisations work together to define a common
statistical production architecture ...
... sharing is easier!
CSPA development project
Architecture Proof of Concept
The “sprint” method
G Code
The Proof of Concept
5 countries played the role of Builders
3 countries played the role of Assemblers
Blaise SCSCANCEISEditrules
Project Outcomes
The CSPA approach works
It promises increased:• sharing• interoperability• collaboration opportunities
Some licensing issues!
United Kingdom
5 Build teams
42 individuals
2 Sprints
3 Assemble teams
1 Working Group
FAO
Implementation of the CSPA
Services being built
1. Seasonal Adjustment – France,Australia, New Zealand
2. Confidentiality on the fly – Canada, Australia
3. Error correction – Italy
4. SVG Generator – OECD
5. SDMX transform – OECD
6. Selecting sample from business register – Netherlands
7. Editing components – Netherlands
8. Classification Editor – Norway
Architecture Working Group:Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Eurostat
Catalogue team:Australia, Canada, Italy, Hungary, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey, Eurostat
How to work together for minimumcost and maximum benefit?
Get involved!Anyone is welcome to contribute!
More Information HLG Wiki: www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/hlgbas
LinkedIn group:“Business architecture in statistics”