Overview of ETSI Standards Development Process
Introduction This post aims to share information about the ETSI Standards development process to people who are unfamiliar with the work ETSI does. Also, I add my own insights from my experience of the work at ETSI though it is limited at the moment but should still prove useful. Steps The objective of the ETSI Standards Making Process (SMP) is to convert market needs for standardisation in the ICT area into ETSI deliverables (specifications, standards, norms, guides, reports) used in the market place. The input to the process is an existing (as yet known or unknown) market need for standardization. The output is the broad application of the produced deliverables in the market place. The SMP consists of several elements with their own distinct objectives, inputs and outputs. Each process is defined to the level of which operational tasks are performed, and wherein the ETSI organisation they are performed. The whole ETSI organization is in one way or the other involved in either opera