This material of the EU project HSbooser.eu aims to help:

1. recognise the major differences between – and commonalities of – standards consortia and SDOs
(in terms of, e.g. process, governance, membership, IPR policy);
2. decide which consortium would be best suited for a particular task at hand;
3. communicate why using consortia for ICT standardisation may well be a good idea;
4. understand how consortia relate to the EU’s standardisation policy and how they link to SDOs;
5. discuss if the proliferation of ICT standards consortia is a good thing for ICT standardisation;
6. integrate the different points of view regarding SDOs and consortia and come to your own conclusions;
and
7. assess why some companies go for consortia rather than SDOs.