Standards Development and Education Committee Developer Help

Help for Standards Developers

IEEE Standards recently announced that a new section was added to the IEEE Standards web site. Titled “IEEE Standards Process at a Glance,” this area is designed to help guide new working group chairs and other standards developers through the sometimes complex IEEE standards development process. This new tool provides a series of hyperlinks to the official rules and policies, support documents, FAQs, forms, and other materials that can aid volunteers as they develop and maintain IEEE Standards. For ease of use, this new section has been organized according to the chronology of the standards process [Getting Started (the PAR); Writing the Draft; Balloting; and Approval of the Standard (RevCom)].  IEEE Standards hopes you will find this a welcome and useful tool. 

Should you have questions or comments concerning this material, please contact your IEEE Standards Staff Liaison (https://development.standards.ieee.org/pub/liaisons).

Required reading for all participants in the development of IEEE standards:

• Imperative Principles of the Standards Development Process
• IEEE Code of Ethics
• Working Group Policies and Procedures – – Please visit the WG website or contact the WG Chairman for a copy of their policies and procedures. A list of IEEE Standards Association working groups can be found at: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/index.html

Copyright and Patents

• Patent Policy Tutorial
• Patent LOA Process Flowchart (.pdf)
• Patent LOA Form (.pdf)

Meetings

• Disclosure of Affiliation FAQs
• Robert’s Rules of Order
• Issue Call for Patents at every meeting (.pdf)
• Meeting Guidelines

Draft Development

• Style Manual (.pdf)
• Standards Template – Microsoft Word Format (.zip)
• Standards Template – FrameMaker Format  (.zip)
• Draft Review Checklist (.pdf)
• Mandatory Editorial Coordination (MEC)

Required reading for Sponsor and Working Group officers:

• myProject User Guide

Project Authorization Request

• Project Authorization Request (PAR) FAQs
• New Standards Committee Conventions for Reviewing PARs

Sponsor Balloting

• Sample cover letter for recirculation ballot (.doc)

Submitting a draft standard for approval

• Submitting a draft standard for approval FAQs
• Review Committee Submittal Guide
• Review Committee Conventions
• Review Committee Checklist

Optional reading for all participants:

• IEEE-SA Standards Board & Committees (calendars &  meeting minutes)
• Baseline Policies and Procedures
• IEEE Standards Store
• IEEE Xplore Digital Library
• IEEE GET program