Computing Standards: Practical Guide for Data Processing Management

The need for standards is widely recognised in many areas of data processing, but to date very little has been published on the practicalities of computing standards for the typical data processing installation. This book, a title in the Professional and Industrial Computing series , concentrates on these practical considerations, and provides experience-based guidelines on avoiding the pitfalls and on achieving the potential benefits of computing standards. It describes the potential benefits of a dedicated computing standards function for the modern data processing installation, and provides the data processing manager with practical advice on introducing, and successfully managing a computing standards programme. The book will therefore be of interest to anyone engaged in computerisation at more than a merely introductory level.