Comparison of the rules that govern 12 standards organizations: 3GPP, Bluetooth SIG, ETSI, FIDO Alliance, GSMA, HDMI Forum, IEC, IETF, MIPI, USB IF, Wi-Fi Alliance, and Zhaga.
Publications
Alliance Management
How to justify participation in standards development
Participating in standards development is expensive. The justification depends on the company’s products. Is that product a consumer product, or a component, or a technology license? The benefits and costs are different. Justification is particularly difficult for startups.
Guide for voting in meetings of industry groups
Guidelines for voting. How to make the most common voting procedures work, taking the unique requirements of industry alliances and consortiums into account. Simple yes/no voting, Voting on a series of options. Quorum, Confidentiality, and Tools.
Managing Competition Between Standards
Two interface standards will compete for adoption when they target the same application and are mutually exclusive (cannot be combined in a single product). Managing competing standards in separate organizations makes it easier to let the market decide the winner.
Robert’s Rules of Order
Robert’s Rules of Order are brilliant. Robert’s Rules of Order are also problematic. The unusual terminology and complexity make it unsuitable for international groups.
Guide to chairing an Industry Alliance Meeting
Meetings of industry alliances are about getting decisions made. It is the responsibility of the chair to organize the decision-making process. The chair is a facilitator, not the decision-maker.
Organizing Successful Meetings
A multi-day meeting of an international group needs meeting rooms, web meeting facilities, audio conferencing facilities, catering, and nearby hotels and restaurants.
Audio Conferencing Equipment
I prefer to bring audio conferencing equipment with me when I organize a meeting. This post covers the requirements for audio conferencing and how to meet the requirements with the Yamaha YVC-1000.
The Psychology of Meeting Rooms
The layout of a meeting room determines how participants interact and how they understand the role of the person chairing the meeting.
How to develop an industry standard
Products with standard interfaces are easier to sell, easier to design, and cheaper to manufacture. What are your options when you have decided that a new standard interface is needed to make your product successful?
Proprietary or open standard? A case study
It was November 2011 and my goal for the meeting was to try avoid a battle between standards for wireless charging of mobile phones. This is the story about the standards battle between the Wireless Power Consortium and Powermat.
Network effect: difficult market introduction
Products with a strong network effect are notoriously difficult to introduce. Adoption is slow compared with other products. For such products, a successful market introduction often requires cooperation between companies.
Choosing name and logo for a group of cooperating companies
Each new industry standards group will need a name, a logo, and a website. What are good names and logos? How to find them, design them?