Committee on Earth Observation Satellites CEOS Work Plan

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites CEOS Work Plan Progress Report Steven Hosford CEOS Executive Officer CEOS Plenary 2019 Ha Noi, Viet Nam 14 – 16 October 2019

Overview Progress against CEOS 2019 -2021 Work Plan • Changes to work planning • Overview of progress against WP • Conclusions CEOS 2020 -2022 Work Plan Development CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October 2

Why? Work Planning and monitoring Rigorous work planning, execution and monitoring is critical to CEOS’s credibility CEOS Work Plan Progress reported annually CEOS Work Plan updated annually CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October 3

Work Planning and monitoring July M st u g u A ay Sep te April mbe r SIT TW Deliverable Updates June ua m be r br ve Decem ber CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October Janua ry Fe No CEOS Work Plan ENDORSED ry ber Mar ch o Oct WP Progress Report (CEO) CEOS Plenary SIT Work Plan development 4

2019 -2021 WP Development - Proposed changes Resource estimates, 1. Using the WP to improve work traceability and milestones needed Better define WP deliverables o Who: CEOS entity (+ nominative), Contributing agencies (+nominative), Resource estimates o What: More detailed deliverable descriptions and breakdown into milestones (where relevant) o When: Temporal information on milestones/resources … gradual implementation/upgrading of deliverable tracking tools. 2. Links from CEOS WP deliverables to GEO Work Programme elements As the Space Arm of GEO, we need to know where our work is supporting the implementation of the GEOSS. Some info provided, Improvements needed CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October 5

Progress against 2019 -2021 WP Better progress made! (see detailed WP Progress report) o Updated information provided on 98% of deliverables o All WP: 74% Completed/On track, 24% delay + new due dates o Due 2018: 72% Completed/On track, 26% delay + new due dates Need to stay on track! CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October

Naming and shaming Information provided since 30 th September CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October 7

Cross-analysis 2018/2019 Statistics & Conclusions 1. All deliverables scheduled to complete within 3 years Continued tendancy to use the Work Plan as a short-term planning tool 2. 70% of Ds were scheduled to complete in 2019, of these 72% are Completed or On Track 3. Of new 2019 Ds to be completed in 2019, 83% are Completed or On Track, up from 57% last year Deliverable descriptions and estimates are improving Despite additional indicators built into the deliverables database, a longer perspective will be necessary to draw conclusions CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October 8

2018 Better CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October 2019 9

CEOS 2020 -2022 Work Plan CEO emails CEOS entities requesting updates ? th November 10 days for Deadline for updates ? th November + 10 days CEOS Entity inputs Work Plan V 0 released ? th January 2 weeks for CEOS Entity feedback Work Plan V 0 comments by ? th January + 14 days Work Plan V 1 released ? nd February CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October

CEOS (still) needs you! June July st gu u A M a Sep tem April be y r obe Mar Oct CEOS 32 nd Plenary, Brussels, 16 th-18 th Oct ch r SIT-34, TBD, USA, 1 st-5 th Oct CEOS needs ry Janua you! No ar y br u be r Decem Fe GEO-XV Plenary, Kyoto, 31 st-1 st Nov ve m ber CEOS Plenary 2019, 14 -16 October CEOS Work Plan inputs from CEOS entity leads