I can hardly believe it. I’ve been in the EDA business since 1980 when I joined TI’s Design Automation Department after graduating from Cal Poly with my BSEE. Since 1995, much of my attention has been focused on EDA standards. I reached a moment of truth this year when I admitted, albeit reluctantly, that I could be called a standards-lifer. So, I decided it’s time to share my perspectives on what’s going on in the standards arena. Welcome to my blog - I can’t wait to hear from you! The Book! “The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards”
Posted by Karen B on May 27th, 2010
I’m excited to tell everyone that my book is now available! It comes in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and eBook through Amazon.com, Synopsys Press, and other book outlets. Rick Jamison, who created amusing cartoons for the book, and I are blatantly proud of our accomplishment. If you’ll be at the Design Automation Conference, stop by The Standards Booth for a complimentary copy.
“The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards” is a short book that expands upon my blog posts of the same name. I also wove in ideas from my blog readers’ comments on those posts. I included chapters on why I believe standards are important and what I think effective standards are. The book summarizes what I learned over many years (how did that happen?) of participating in creating EDA standards.
I’m quite sure that the challenges we face in the EDA industry when we standardize are similar to those in other technical fields. I found countless examples of challenges in other standardization efforts and included some interesting ones in the book. I hope my book will be of value to people involved in standards everywhere.
As I say in the Introduction, I realized that writing a book about how to create effective standards is like writing a book on parenting. There’s no single right way to do it and opinions abound. I look forward to lively discussions about my book.
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Well worth reading, thanks for writing it, and nice to meet another standards blogger. Read my review here at Healthcare Standards
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Thanks, Keith! It’s a pleasure to meet you and I’m your newest blog subscriber. There might be just a few of us, but we’re pretty cool, no?