Connecting your company to standards, identifying technologies and organizations, and getting involved on a deeper level

Once you have started contributing to a standardization effort, it is often necessary to bring your company into the effort in order to have maximum impact. Assuming you start as an observer versus a participant in a standards activity, the first thing to do is educate yourself and become familiar with the standard and the organization, as well as how you think your company products currently could use the standard. Review the current discussions and issues to become acquainted with some of the current considerations being contemplated in the next release or version of the standard.

The next step in this process is to have a conversation with your management and discuss some of your ideas about how your company can contribute together. You can also find the contacts at your company to discuss this with within other product or development organizations and also...