1. COMMON ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS (CAMSS)
Introduction to CAMSS

2. Background
Digital Agenda for Europe: “Public authorities should make best use of the full range of relevant standards when procuring hardware, software and IT services, for example by selecting standards which can be implemented by all interested suppliers, allowing for more competition and reduced risk of lock-in”

3. We need a Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specifications
Motivation for CAMSS
There are many standardization organizations, producing overlapping/conflicting standards
How to choose standards?
We need a Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specifications 3

4. CAMSS components
CAMSS process
CAMSS criteria
CAMSS library
CAMSS

5. CAMSS design
CAMSS is a best practice driven by Member States process methods used to evaluate standards/technical specifications and standardisation organisations in public procurement

6. CAMSS use cases
Three assessement scenarios exist for the assessment of formal specifications in public administrations that were identified in the first phase of the study:
Assessment scenario 1
A standardisation organisation is assessed in order to evaluate certain criteria that are relevant for the adoption of formal specifications that are put forward by these standardisation organisations.
OUTPUT
Evaluated standardisation organisation 1
Assessment scenario 2
A formal specification is assessed in order to evaluate and provide a recommendation on the possible adoption of the formal specification by the public administrations.
OUTPUT
Evaluated formal specification 2
Assessment scenario 3
A proposed set of formal specifications is assessed and evaluated in order to select and adopt the most relevant formal specification for specific business needs and requirements.
OUTPUT
Evaluated specifications for business needs 3

7. Structure of CAMSS
CAMSS is a process method containing the following six steps used assess formal specifications in European public administrations:
Assessment scenario 1
Assessment scenario 2 = Assessment scenario 3

8. Structure of CAMSS
The assessment step

9. CAMSS Criteria 1 Applicability 4 Intellectual property rights
1.1 Area of application  
1.2 Requirements  
1.3 Reusability  
1.4 Alternatives  
1.5 Compatibility  
1.6 Dependencies
2 Maturity
2.1 Development status  
2.2 Quality  
2.3 Guidelines  
2.4 Stability
3 Openness
3.1 Organization  
3.2 Process  
3.3 Documentation
4 Intellectual property rights
4.1 IPR Documentation  
4.2 Licenses
5 Market support
5.1 Implementations  
5.2 Market demand  
5.3 Users  
5.4 Interest groups
6 Potential
6.1 Impact  
6.2 Risks  
6.3 Maintenance and future developments
7 Coherence
7.1 Area of existing European standard  
7.2 Area of obsolete European standard  
7.3 Area of technical specification under consideration 

10. Current status of the work
CAMSS method and library available in Joinup
CAMSS community in Joinup
CAMSS library contains 12 assessments from the Netherlands, 1 from Malta. 11 more assessments will be added soon
Discussions and promotion to EU Member States:
to map their own assessment methods in CAMSS and publish existing assessment results in the CAMSS library
to use CAMSS as their own assessment methodology
The CAMSS method is used by the UK Cabinet Office initiative “Open Standards Hub”

11. COMMON ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS (CAMSS)
Introduction to CAMSS