New Approaches for Task Classification about Standardization Skills

Authors

  • Toshiaki Kurokawa ICES Founder, independent design thinker

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.132

Keywords:

Skill standard, skills for standardization professionals, task classification, standardization for public, evolutional stages of standards

Abstract

Japanese experts group has developed a set of skill standards for standardization professionals [1]. However, the approach adopted for classifying the tasks of standardization professionals is a traditional and limited one which does not cover the whole range of activities performed by standardization professionals, and moreover neglected some of the important skills needed for people who are dedicated to standardization. In this paper, the author will try to sketch new and alternative approaches for task classification about standardization skills. One important aspect is the Standardization for Public, the other aspect is the evolutional stage of standards proposed by Ken Krechmer [2].

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Author Biography

Toshiaki Kurokawa, ICES Founder, independent design thinker

Toshiaki Kurokawa is an ICES Founder and now self-employed as an independent consultant to manage Design Thinking Research & Education at his home. With his colleagues, he formed a joint Study Group on Skill Standard for Standardization (SG-SSS) under IEEJ and IECEJ. At IEEJ, Mr. Kurokawa is the chairperson of SIG on Education about Standardization. He is also an Affiliated Fellow at Science and Technology Foresight Center, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (NISTRP under MEXT) in Japan. He was a Researcher at Intellectual Property Science Laboratory of Kanazawa Institute of Technology, located in downtown Tokyo before February, 2013, where he was engaged in the project of “Evaluation for skills of human resource required for standardization” sponsored by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan. Mr. Kurokawa has been engaged in standardization through his engineering/marketing/management career at IBM and SCSK (formerly CSK) Corporation from around 1990 mostly in ICT area. In 2006, he founded International Cooperation on Education about Standardization (ICES, http://www.standards-education.org/) with his friends, and has talked his experience at various places including foreign countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and USA. He has published numerous papers on education about standardization, ICT and Design Thinking at such journals as “Science & Technology Trends – Quarterly Review.” His research covers other areas such as Requirement Engineering, Software Testing, Ontology and Cloud Computing. He is also working for Kids, Their Future & Design for K-6 children, and Senior-Junior Cooperation Initiative to re-vitalize senior experts.

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Published

2021-03-05

How to Cite

Kurokawa, T. . (2021). New Approaches for Task Classification about Standardization Skills. Journal of ICT Standardization, 1(3), 287–300. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.132

Issue

2014: Vol 1 Iss 3

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Articles