AS 15504.1(INT)-1998

1 - AS 15504.1(Int)-1998 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT - CONCEPTS AND INTRODUCTORY GUIDE
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - Introduction
6 - Overview
7 - Field of application
8 - Components of ISO/IEC TR 15504
10 - Relationship to other International Standards
11 - 1 Scope
11 - 2 Normative reference
11 - 3 Terms and definitions
11 - 4 Overview
11 - 4.1 General
13 - 4.2 The assessment framework
13 - 4.2.1 The context of process assessment
14 - 4.2.2 An architecture for software processes
15 - 4.2.3 Assessment indicators
15 - 4.3 Competency of assessors
15 - 4.4 Process improvement context
17 - 4.5 Process capability determination context
18 - 5 Conformance
18 - 5.1 Performing software process assessments
18 - 5.1.1 Overview of the requirements
18 - 5.1.2 Responsibilities
19 - 5.1.3 The assessment inputs
19 - 5.1.4 Selecting processes for assessment
19 - 5.1.5 Assessment indicators
20 - 5.1.6 Reporting assessment results
20 - 5.2 Developing a compatible model
21 - Bibliography

Describes a framework of software process assessment and its use in the two contexts of process improvement and process capability determination. This Standard describes how the parts of the suite fit together, and provides guidance for their selection and use. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC TR 15504-1:1998.

This part of ISO/IEC TR 15504 provides overall information on the concepts of software process assessment and its use in the two contexts of process improvement and process capability determination. It describes how the parts of the suite fit together, and provides guidance for their selection and use. It explains the requirements contained within ISO/IEC TR 15504, and their applicability to performing assessments. Readers of this guide should familiarize themselves with the terminology and structure of the document suite, and then reference the appropriate parts of the suite for the context in which they propose to conduct an assessment. If the assessment is to be conducted for the purposes of internal process improvement within an organization, the relevant context is described in ISO/IEC TR 15504-7. If the results of the assessment are to be used for the purposes of determining the process capability of the organizational unit in the context of a specified requirement, the guidance is in ISO/IEC TR 15504-8. More detailed description of the use of ISO/IEC TR 15504 is given in clause 4.

First published as AS 15504.1(Int)-1998.