Streamlining the standards development process

The technical quality of an IEEE standard and its expeditious delivery to the user community are the responsibility of highly competent professionals, working in committees, to achieve those results. In a way, these goals are compelling forces. Rushing a standard by sacrificing quality is unacceptable, yet it is equally unacceptable to miss a market niche by delivering a standard too late. That is why the IEEE, as the best equipped standards developer in the electrotechnology field, must continue to strive for process improvements. Authors of documents should be the ones creating the ultimate electronic product.<>