Where do I start with an IT standards library?

kalessin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:29:07 -0800

Please help me figure out a starting point for research and planning. I need to take the lead on making a standards library or process library at work (a medium-sized IT department), and while I have some ideas, I really don't know where to start, or what resources to use as a planning guide and sanity check. While I know that we'll use our extant document management tools and processes to store, organize and search the library, what I really need to know is if there are any non-trade-organization-firewalled (i.e. non-fee-based, public) resources on how to start thinking about and designing a standards library.

My closest relevant experience is in policy writing, both from the standpoint of computer security and from the standpoint of organizational policy/administration, and while some of that experience is professional or volunteer experience, I really don't have formal training.

What I really want to know is whether there are publicly accessible primers and resource libraries about these sorts of topics, or whether I should be pushing managers at work to send me to or help me pay for formal training in these fields.

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Where do I start with an IT standards library?