Standards Aware Course Review Standards Education Society (SES) http://www.ses-standards.org/ SCOPE: Review each Standards Aware course for quality and suitability and assure that each course doe not advocate positions that are different from those of the IEEE-SA and that the course in not US-centric.

Standards Aware Course Review Review considering, but not limited to, the following areas: Internationalization: Does the course content fit with the global perspective of the IEEE-SA? IPR: Does the course recommend the ANSI patent policy as a model? Process: Is the course very ANSI-specific in its description of process and procedure?

Standards Aware Course Review Recommended Actions: 1. Place course on the SEC website as is 2. Refrain from placing the course on the SEC website 3. Work with SES on making specific recommended changes before placing the course on the SEC website

Standards Aware Course Review 101 - What are Standards? Definitions Types of Standards   Design versus Performance   Legal Side of Standards  102 - Why are Standards Used? Benefits for Consumers Industry - Cost Savings   Industry - Market Access   Government Use of Standards   Benefits for Society  103 - Who Develops Standards? Companies  Industry Standards Developers   Government Standards Developers   Geographic Classification 

Standards Aware Course Review 104 - Standards Development Process The Generalized Process  Industry Standards Development Example  National Standards Development Example  International Standards Development Example  Financing the Process 105 - Standards and Trade Global Trade  Harmonization  Trade Agreements 106 - Conformity Assessment Definitions and Principles  Certification  Accreditation  US Conformity Assessment System  Removing Trade Barriers

Standards Aware Course Review 107 - Strategic Standardization Standards Strategy  Using Standards Strategically  Strategic Participation  Implementation Benefits of Standardization 108 - Finding Standards Identifying Standards  Buying Standards  Keeping Up-To-Date  Format 1010 - Copyright Aware What is Copyright?  What Copyrights Protect  Copyright Ownership  Using Copyrighted Standards

Standards Aware Course Review 101 – 37 min. 102 – 34 103 - 45 104 - 56 105 - 42 106 - 59 107 - 51 108 - 47 1010 – 44 Total 415 min. ~ 7 hours

Standards Aware Course Review 1. The courses are very professionally done and easy to navigate. Voice dialog is provided with written dialog also available. 2. The IEEE is always noted as the “The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers”, which is now deprecated. 3. The course material is very internationally focused with global markets stressed. 4. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are never mentioned. This might be pointed out as an opportunity for SES to expand its course material. 5. The Standards Development Process in course 104 discusses the process in a general way and covers its application in national and international context.

Standards Aware Course Review 6. In Part 4 of Course 107 dealing with Strategic Standardization, it is stated that in formulating positions on issues that relate to your company's strategic objectives, assure that your representatives present the company position and not a personal one. From an IEEE perspective this might better read that you should assure that your representatives are aware of you companies strategic objectives and positions, since IEEE members are individual members. 7. Recommend that the Copyright Aware course also be included. The IEEE has a vested interest in protecting copyrights and education about copyrights is appropriate. 8. Each of the courses provides, upon successful completion of an exam, a certificate for 0.100 credit hours, which should equate to a Professional Development Hour (PDH).