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Business Week Online has published a list of the best product ideas of 2006, with a slide show of 108 of the these designated best ideas.

Highlights include Sun Microsystems User Centered Design Group’s Design Strategy for the the x4100 family of rack-mounted servers, and a small tent that opens in two seconds–someone throws it in the air and it lands ready to use. Tear down takes 15 seconds.

There are innovative products for people who are blind, and many other designs as well.

This starts a resource list on standards.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States maintains a site, http://standards.gov, that is a portal to infomation on the specifications referred to in US goverment regulations. Included are a searchable database and links to websites on standards maintained by government and other agencies.

An increasing number of industries are being governed by standards specific to those industries. In 2005 the QPI SIG assembled information about many of these standards. The list follows. (more…)

Members express high interest in standards, and in December, 2005 STC’s Intercom magazine included an article by Whitney Quesenbery on getting involved in setting publications standards: “Why get involved in standards (and what you need to know about the standards process” (pages 36-39).

In June 2005, members identified a website that describes the methodology used by Standards Australia.

The STC Forum has additional information on standards setting in business. If you have more information on how standards are set, please leave a comment.

This resource list encompasses calibration, measurement methods, testing laboratories, and measurement systems including the metric system. If you have information to add, please leave a comment. (more…)

This list encompasses laboratories as well as medical devices and pharmaceuticals. If you have information to add, please leave a comment. (more…)

This list has entries in two categories, (1) Product development standards, and (2) Product development methods. Please leave a comment to suggest additional resources or provide more information. (more…)

This list was compiled by Bill Abbott and the links were current in May 2005. Do you have experience with these standards, or additional resources to suggest? Please leave a comment. (more…)

Many programs in business are managed as projects. Quality and process management apply to project management, and guidelines exist in the form of standards. A list follows. Can you provide additional information about project management quality? Please leave a comment. (more…)

This list was compiled by Bill Abbott and the links were current in May, 2005. If you have additional information about these standards, please leave a comment.

ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q10011-1994 Series: Guidelines for Auditing Quality Systems.

ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q10011-1994 Series: Guidelines for Auditing Quality Systems - E-Standards.

ANSI/ISO/ASQ QE19011S-2004 (process auditing).

ANSI/ISO/ASQ QE19011S-2004 E-Standard.

Unless otherwise noted the links in this list were current in May 2005. Please add information by leaving a comment. This list has the following categories:

• ISO 9000 series
• Fundamentals
• Requirements
• Systems
• Systems: improvement
• Systems: services (more…)

If you have experience in writing quality manuals and can add to this list of resources, please leave a comment.

ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q10013-1995: Guidelines for Quality Manuals. Link current May 2005.

ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q10013-1995: Guidelines for Quality Manuals - E-Standard. Link current May 2005.

Stephen Page. Establishing a System of Policies and Procedures. 1998. ISBN: 1929065000. Added August 2005.

This list was compiled by Bill Abbott and the links were current in May 2005. If you have additional information about reliability standards, please leave a comment. (more…)