The process of producing corporate standards

This paper describes a corporate process in which a set of software engineering standards were produced by and integrated into a multi-national organization. The paper is intended as an input to people who are about to conduct similar activities in other organizations, as well as for the members of the working groups producing and updating international standards. The experiences gained in this standardization project are highlighted. The rationale for using IEEE standards as a starting-point and how these standards influenced the result and contributed to the success of the project are described