[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

This is a great topic Ben and thanks for sharing! I’m also going to share with our data science community to see if any of our more IT focused members have any insight.

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-23-2019 16:13
From: Ben Ettinger
Subject: ISO 56002:2019: New Standard for Innovation Management Systems

​Maybe this topic will wake everyone up in this blog. I just read a little about  ISO 56002. What would this buy for IT organizations? Is anyone out there following it? Would it help innovation in analytics? Is it anything like ISO 5000?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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[Sandi Joralemon]

Ben,
This comment was very timely. We are working through ideas about how to get business units interested in sharing business problems in a group so we can identify solutions, including analytics and share ideas so we don’t duplicate effort or buy ineffective technology. I’ve done a little reading in Gartner about it. One of the comments that I particularly noticed was to make sure the innovations are in line with business strategy and goals. This comment hit home with me as well because it works hand in hand with establishing a PMO organization, planning, and budgeting. We find that operations often forgets that technology is also part of the equation and that data is always an input and/or output of whatever solution is being put into place. As a result, people and monetary resources aren’t planned for properly on the technology side.

On another note…
Merry Christmas!

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Sandi Joralemon, PMP
Data Analytics Supervisor
355 FM 306 | New Braunfels, Texas 78130
sjoralemon@nbutexas.com | 830.608.8941

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​Maybe this topic will wake everyone up in this blog. I just read a little about  ISO 56002. What would this buy for IT organizations? Is anyone out there following it? Would it help innovation in analytics? Is it anything like ISO 5000?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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[Leslie Cook (Adm)]

Hello again, @Liang, 

I was just advised by my team that we will not be able to do an online interface for this meeting. However, we will share notes from the meeting with UAI members after the event. I’ll make sure to make you aware once the notes are available via this thread. I hope this helps. Thank you. 

Happy Holidays to you!

Leslie​

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
UAI
719-203-8650, leslie.cook@informa.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-20-2019 15:14
From: Liang Downey
Subject: You are invited! UAI and NREL have partnered together on the Voices of Experience

Hello,

Will there be a online webex version for those who are interested in attending remotely?

Liang Downey

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Liang Downey
Storm Strategy
DTE Energy
Detroit MI
2485211129
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-19-2019 09:12
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: You are invited! UAI and NREL have partnered together on the Voices of Experience

Join the Discussion! You are invited to the next UAI and NREL workshop to share your experience and insights and learn from other utilities on the topic of Artificial Intelligence.

 

UAI has teamed with the Department of Energy (DOE) on a new Voices of Experience initiative to help utilities understand how artificial intelligence may help improve their operations, where the challenges are and what other utilities are learning through their own experience.

 

The Voices of Experience (VOE) Initiative is unique in that it compiles the valuable insights and advice provided directly by utility personnel at the forefront who are working the challenges, interconnecting the new resources, and testing the emerging technology. Utilities participated in working group discussions, regional meetings and individual interviews with the purpose of sharing industry knowledge so that all utilities can better prepare for the operational challenges they face in this changing industry.

 

·       What: an Artificial Intelligence workshop to share your experience and insights, and to learn      from other utilities

·       When: Thursday, January 30, 2020 from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

·       Host: CPS Energy

·       Where: 145 Navarro Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

·       Learn More: https://utilityanalytics.com/voices-of-experience/

·       Register Today! https://eb.informabi.com/Voices-of-Experience-Artificial-Intelligence-Working-Group-01302020?code=UAIsite

·       Attendance is restricted to utility employees only!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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[Ben Ettlinger]

Thanks for that reply.
What are your thoughts about ISO 56002?

I like your last comment ​”As a result, people and monetary resources aren’t planned for properly on the technology side.” I believe that Utility IT organizations should be assigning a budget for IT R&D just as they do for Operations R&D. Playing devils advocate; Why spend the money if in the software business there is frenetic competition to employ new technologies. So let the vendors spend the money and go through the heart aches of R&D. In reality, it should be somewhere in the middle. The cost of innovation is balanced yet we are not totally controlled by vendors controlling what gets innovated and what not.

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-24-2019 05:57
From: Sandi Joralemon
Subject: ISO 56002:2019: New Standard for Innovation Management Systems

Ben,
This comment was very timely. We are working through ideas about how to get business units interested in sharing business problems in a group so we can identify solutions, including analytics and share ideas so we don’t duplicate effort or buy ineffective technology. I’ve done a little reading in Gartner about it. One of the comments that I particularly noticed was to make sure the innovations are in line with business strategy and goals. This comment hit home with me as well because it works hand in hand with establishing a PMO organization, planning, and budgeting. We find that operations often forgets that technology is also part of the equation and that data is always an input and/or output of whatever solution is being put into place. As a result, people and monetary resources aren’t planned for properly on the technology side.

On another note…
Merry Christmas!

[cid:NBUemailLogo+MediaIcons_bd51f77b-c40c-466d-9fb3-6fea6616b1c41.png]

Sandi Joralemon, PMP
Data Analytics Supervisor
355 FM 306 | New Braunfels, Texas 78130
sjoralemon@nbutexas.com | 830.608.8941

Original Message——

​Maybe this topic will wake everyone up in this blog. I just read a little about  ISO 56002. What would this buy for IT organizations? Is anyone out there following it? Would it help innovation in analytics? Is it anything like ISO 5000?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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