Preliminary Stage

Definition (1)
Name
Preliminary Stage
Source
IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
Description
This comprises projects envisaged for the future but not yet ripe for immediate development, or preliminary work, such as better definition of a project for new work, data collection or round-robin tests necessary to develop standards, which is not part of the standardization process.
The preliminary stage is applied for work items where no target dates can be established. This stage can be used for the elaboration of a new work item proposal and the development of an initial draft. These work items are subject to approval in accordance with the normal procedures before progressing to the preparatory stage.
Definition (2)
Name
Preliminary Stage
Source
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.
Description

Technical committees or subcommittees may introduce into their work programmes, by a simple majority vote of their P-members, preliminary work items (for example, corresponding to subjects dealing with emerging technologies), which are not yet sufficiently mature for processing to further stages.
Such items may include, for example, those listed in the strategic plan, particularly as given under 2.1.2 d) giving a prospective view on emerging needs.

The preliminary stage shall be applied for work items where no target dates can be established.

All preliminary work items shall be subject to regular review by the committee. The committee shall evaluate the resources required for each such item.

This stage can be used for the elaboration of a new work item proposal (see 2.3) and the development of an initial draft.

Before progressing to the preparatory stage, all such items shall be subject to approval in accordance with the procedures described in 2.3.

Associate Document
Preliminary Work Item (PWI)

Definition (1)
Name	Preliminary Stage
Source	IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
Description	This comprises projects envisaged for the future but not yet ripe for immediate development, or preliminary work, such as better definition of a project for new work, data collection or round-robin tests necessary to develop standards, which is not part of the standardization process. The preliminary stage is applied for work items where no target dates can be established. This stage can be used for the elaboration of a new work item proposal and the development of an initial draft. These work items are subject to approval in accordance with the normal procedures before progressing to the preparatory stage.
Definition (2)
Name	Preliminary Stage
Source	ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.
Description	Technical committees or subcommittees may introduce into their work programmes, by a simple majority vote of their P-members, preliminary work items (for example, corresponding to subjects dealing with emerging technologies), which are not yet sufficiently mature for processing to further stages. Such items may include, for example, those listed in the strategic plan, particularly as given under 2.1.2 d) giving a prospective view on emerging needs. The preliminary stage shall be applied for work items where no target dates can be established. All preliminary work items shall be subject to regular review by the committee. The committee shall evaluate the resources required for each such item. This stage can be used for the elaboration of a new work item proposal (see 2.3) and the development of an initial draft. Before progressing to the preparatory stage, all such items shall be subject to approval in accordance with the procedures described in 2.3.
Associate Document	Preliminary Work Item (PWI)

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