- [Instructor] In general, the main stages involved
in developing standards are: initiation, proposal,
preparation, committee meeting, approval,
and finally, publication.
The time from the first proposal to the final publication
usually takes about three to four years.
Organizations may follow slightly different methods,
but generally, they all follow the main development stages
to establish a new standard.
The first step is initiation,
also known as the preselection,
which involves identifying and researching concepts
related to the new standard.
The idea or concept can be broad or very specific.
In the preselection stage, the group and the sponsor
that is requesting the standard development
usually provides technical oversight for the standard
that helps to determine the scope
and the nature of the technical content.
The second stage is a proposal.
The proposal develops a layout for the required information.
The proposal is done by submitting
a project official request after identifying a need
for a standard.
Each organization has its own method
and a protocol for the submission request form.
This applies to the national,
regional and international organizations.
The third step is preparation.
During this stage,
research of the basic guidelines is performed.
Preparation of the first full draft is completed.
One of the ways to start the preparation of the standard
is to break the document down into sections.
After breaking up the document,
the associated team works on each section.
And part of the preparation involves examining
the related publications in the area of the standard.