Global Standards: A Driving Force for Commerce

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Standards expand consumer choice. They grow markets, and they contribute significantly to interoperability. Standards fuel the pace of technical evolution, and standards contribute significantly by shrinking the world through the creation of global markets. This course discusses the fundamental nature of standards, the value of standards to industry and the role that industry plays in standards development. The various standards development organizations both national and international are also reviewed. Changing industry dynamics across technology, politics and economics all add complexity to the standards-development process."}'>Standards expand consumer choice. They grow markets, and they contribute significantly to interoperability. Standards fuel the pace of technical evolution, and standards contribute significantly by shrinking the world through the creation of global markets. This course discusses the fundamental nature of standards, the value of standards to industry and the role that industry plays in standards development. The various standards development organizations both national and international are also reviewed. Changing industry dynamics across technology, politics and economics all add complexity to the standards-development process.

What you will learn:

  • Explain what a standard is
  • Describe how standards are used by the industry
  • Summarize the importance of standards to a global market
  • Explain the standard development process

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Who Should Attend: Electrical engineer, Network engineer, Data engineer, Design engineer, Hardware engineer, Security engineer, Lead engineer, Project engineer, Product engineer, Software engineer, System, Manufactiring engineer

Instructor

IEEE Standards Association

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The IEEE Standards Education Committee’s mission is to: promote the importance of standards in meeting technical, economic, environmental, and societal challenges; disseminate learning materials on the application of standards in the design and development aspects of educational programs; actively promote the integration of standards into academic programs and provide short courses about standards needed in the design and development phases of professional practice.

Audience:  engineers, technical professionals, business management

Publication Year: 2013

ISBN:1-4673-3201-1


Global Standards: A Driving Force for Commerce
  • Course Provider: Educational Activities
  • Course Number: EDP350
  • Duration (Hours): 1
  • Credits: 0.1 CEU/ 1 PDH