Member LoginRevision of Cornerstone Life Cycle Management Standard - ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288
The INCITS/Software and Systems Engineering Technical Committee is participating through ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7, in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society, to revise one of the cornerstone life cycle management standards, ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, Systems and software engineering - System life cycle processes.
This life cycle management standard establishes a common framework of process descriptions for the life cycle of systems created by humans and defines a set of processes and associated terminology from an engineering viewpoint. The model set of life cycle processes in the new version remains consistent with those in ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207, Systems and software engineering - Software life cycle processes.
Systems architects, systems engineers, and other users of this standard can benefit from the updates to tasks and activities of selected technical processes, including business or mission analysis, system architecture definition, system analysis, implementation, integration, operations, and maintenance. Selected technical management processes, including risk management and configuration management, have also been improved.
In addition, new and expanded content explains concepts and system definition and process applications. Other revisions include revised terms and definitions, and a new annex addressing model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
Guideline standards related to ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 are also being revised for consistency, with expected release later in 2023.
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About INCITS/Software and Systems Engineering: Serves as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group in the development of International Standards within ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 7, Software and Systems Engineering. This work includes development of standards in the area of software and systems engineering that meet market and professional requirements. These standards cover the processes, supporting tools and supporting technologies for the engineering of software products and systems. Systems engineering, whose origin is traceable to industrial engineering, is defined as an interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical and managerial effort required to transform a set of customer needs, expectations, and constraints into a solution and to support that solution throughout its life.
About INCITS: the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) – is the central U.S. forum dedicated to creating technology standards for the next generation of innovation. INCITS members combine their expertise to create the building blocks for globally transformative technologies. From cloud computing to communications, from transportation to health care technologies, INCITS is the place where innovation begins. INCITS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is affiliated with ITI. Visit www.incits.org to learn more.