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KR16 Moving Towards a Normative System Engineering Process: Why standards sometimes fail to gain traction
Author(s) -
Haynes David,
Dagli Cihan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2008.tb00902.x
Subject(s) - traction (geology) , normative , process (computing) , technical standard , engineering , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering management , business , mechanical engineering , political science , law , operating system
The use of standards is one of the four architecting methodologies commonly used in Systems Engineering, but where do standards come from? Why are standards developed? Why do some standards fail to gain traction? Are standards always developed for the right reasons and along the right lines? This paper discusses the timing and emergence of new standards in the marketplace. The paper selects an emerging industry – Automated Meter Reading (AMR) and discusses the four “who's” (who benefits, who pays, who provides, and who loses) with respect to standard development. Finally, the paper offers some concluding remarks which contain recommendations for would‐be standards sponsors and developers.