1. NICE Committee of Experts 28
IT support for NICE
NICE Committee of Experts 28
Geneva May 4, 2018
Patrick Fiévet
Head of IT Systems Section

2. Agenda IT Operations and Support for NICE
NICE Revision Management (NCLRM) project and related IT Solution (NCLRMS)

3. NVLRM Project management NCLRMS NCL Common parts LOCRMS Procurement
VCLRMS
LOCRMS
NVLRMS
NCLRMS
Common parts
Procurement
Data transition
Acceptance testing

4. NCLRM Project management NCLRMS NCL Common parts Procurement
Data transition
Acceptance testing

5. NCLRM status What happened since CE 27?
Framework contract signed at the end of 2017
NCLRMS Requirement clarification and Commercial offer : in progress
NCLRMS part 1: Implementation start in June 2018

6. NCL IT support portfolio
NEF
WIPO translate
Revision of version N+2
NCLRMS
MGS & EUIPO
Early
access to
Version N+1
NCL MASTER FILES
Master Files
Transformation
Translation of Master files
NCL Download and IT support area
NCLPUB
Publication of version N
NCLPUB NO

7. NCLRMS implementation
Highlights of new features for Phase 1
Single sign-on and access control
Drafting of proposals in EN/FR
MGS candidates
Commenting of proposals
Import proposals from spreadsheet file
Electronic voting (initially for preliminary adoption)
Preparation of CE Session, decisions management
QA and generation of HTML or XLS reports
Finalization, Master Files and their transformations,

8. NCLRMS implementation
Features foreseen in design and under consideration for later:
Support for Official and National languages for the creation of translation of master files
Additional Master files transformations
Management of EUIPO Hierarchy Groups
Additional automation based on results of electronic voting

9. NCLRMS UI: edit proposal

10. NCLRMS UI: import proposal through spreadsheet file

11. NCLRMS UI: All proposals view

12. NCLRMS UI: Reports

13. NCLRM implementation plan
Implementation and change management plans:
S2 2018: NCLRMS implementation
S1 2019: NCLRM Change management
data import for NCL 2020
familiarization by the IB
Offices training
S2 2019: preparation for the first NCL revision in NCLRMS for entry into force in 2021