Futurebus+规范的初步开发工作是在IEEE计算机协会微处理器标准委员会的支持下完成的。1988年，美国海军的下一代计算机资源（NGCR）背板标准委员会和由VME64制造商和用户组成的行业协会VFEA国际贸易协会（VITA）都同意加入IEEE，修订ISO/IEC 10857:1994[ANSI/IEEE Std 896.11994版]。1 1989年初，多总线制造商集团（MMG），由Multibus I和Multibus II制造商和用户组成的行业协会也同意加入这项工作。 所有四个小组（IEEE、美国海军、VITA和MMG）的主要目标都是提供一个新的微处理器总线标准，该标准在商业上可行，并且为两个制造商小组和三个用户群体所接受。

The initial work in development of the Futurebus+(TM) specification was done under the auspices of the IEEE Computer Society Microprocessor Standards Committee. In 1988, both the United States Navy's Next Generation Computer Resources (NGCR) Backplane Standards Committee and the VFEA International Trade Association (VITA), a trade association of both VME64 manufacturers and users, agreed to join the IEEE in revising ISO/IEC 10857 :1994 [ANSI/IEEE Std 896.1, 1994 Edition].1 In early 1989, the Multibus Manufacturers Group (MMG), a trade association of both Multibus I and Multibus II manufacturers and users, also agreed to join this effort. The primary goal of all four groups (IEEE, U.S. Navy, VITA, and MMG) was to provide a new microprocessor bus standard that would be commercially viable and that would be acceptable to the two manufacturer groups and the three user communities.