Consensus versus speed

  • Authors:

  • Roy Rada

  • Affiliations:

  • Software Engineering at Washington State University

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM - Special issue on object-oriented experiences and future trends
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

While international consensus seems assured through the traditional processes of the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), the best known and most powerful standards body, the long time required to make decisions is a major impediment to ISO's influence in the rapidly changing information technology arena.