ISO/IEC TR 90005 Standard Addresses Software Engineering Lifecycle Processes
August 11, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Organizations wishing to apply the quality management requirements of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of IT systems and related support services now have a new tool in ISO/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Report (TR) 90005:2008 - Systems engineering - Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001 to system life cycle processes.
"Adopting the IT system lifecycle processes of ISO/IEC 15288:2002 as a starting point for system development, operation or maintenance, this new technical report identifies those equivalent requirements in ISO 9001:2000 that have a bearing on the implementation of ISO/IEC 15288," said Shigenobu Katoh, convener of the working group that developed this document.
" ISO/IEC 15288, Systems and software engineering - System life cycle processes, offers a portfolio of generic processes for the optimal management of all stages in the life of any product or service, in any sector," Katoh said.
ISO/IEC TR 90005 identifies the issues that should be addressed independent of technology, lifecycle models, development processes, sequence of activities or organizational structure, ISO said.
It discusses each activity in ISO/IEC 15288 in terms of how it relates to sections of ISO 9001:2000. The tables enable comparison of the different treatment of systems in ISO/IEC 15288 and ISO 9001, and explanatory texts discuss why a particular relationship is cited.
ISO said the guidelines provided do not in any way add or change the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and are not intended to be used as assessment criteria in quality management system registration or certification.
According to ISO, ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008 is appropriate to systems that are:
- Part of a commercial contract with another organization.
- A product available for a market sector.
- Used to support the processes of an organization.
- Embedded in a hardware product.
- Related to software services.
It recognizes that while some organizations may be involved in all of the above activities, others may specialize in one area only. Whatever the situation, an organization's quality management system should cover all aspects of the business - both systems related and nonsystems related, ISO said.
The guidance provided by ISO/IEC TR 90005 is intended for software-intensive systems. For the development, operation and maintenance of software, guidance is given in the companion document ISO/IEC 90003:2004 - Software engineering - Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 to computer software.
Organizations with quality management systems for developing, operating or maintaining systems based on ISO/IEC TR 90005 may choose to use processes from both ISO/IEC 15288 and ISO/IEC 12207, Systems and software engineering - Software life cycle processes, to support or complement the ISO 9001:2000 process model, ISO said.
Source: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).