ISO/IEC 26562:2019

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 26562
First edition
2019-11
Software and systems engineering —
Methods and tools for product line
transition management
Ingénierie du logiciel et des systèmes — Méthodes et outils destinés à
la gestion de la transition des gammes de produits
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ISO/IEC 2019
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and Definitions . 1
4 Reference model for product line transition management . 2
4.1 Overview . 2
4.2 Product line transition management . 3
4.3 Product line transition operationalization . 3
4.4 Product line transition support . 4
5 Product line transition management . 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Product line transition planning . 5
5.2.1 Principal constituents . 5
5.2.2 Establish organization’s transition goal . 6
5.2.3 Determine organization’s transition strategy . 7
5.2.4 Define key procedures for transition . 7
5.2.5 Formulate schedules and required resources for transition . 8
5.2.6 Specify how to monitor, measure, and control the effectiveness of transition . 8
5.2.7 Document product line transition plan . 9
5.3 Product line transition enabling . 9
5.3.1 Principal constituents . 9
5.3.2 Establish governance policy for transition.10
5.3.3 Mobilize qualified human resources for transition .10
5.3.4 Identify infrastructure and resource needs for transition
operationalization and support .11
5.3.5 Enable quality assurance measurement for transition .11
5.3.6 Improve transition process continuously .12
5.4 Product line transition managing .12
5.4.1 Principal constituents .12
5.4.2 Tailor and allocate governance policy, R & R, and resources to relevant
sub functions of transition .13
5.4.3 Collect data from SSPL transition sub functions .13
5.4.4 Monitor, measure, and control transition operationalization and support .14
5.4.5 Manage actual operation and support of transition .14
5.4.6 Provide feedback to planning and enabling functions of transition .15
6 Product line transition operationalization .15
6.1 General .15
6.2 Product line transition preparation .15
6.2.1 Principal constituents .15
6.2.2 Create transition scenarios to deploy transition strategy .16
6.2.3 Analyse the effectiveness of the transition scenarios .17
6.2.4 Select an optimal transition scenario .17
6.2.5 Specify the scenario for transition launch .17
6.2.6 Train human resources responsible for transition .17
6.3 Launching the product line transition .18
6.3.1 Principal constituents .18
6.3.2 Launch a pilot transition .19
6.3.3 Deliver findings from launching the pilot transition .19
6.3.4 Improve the transition process from the actual pilot(s) .19
6.3.5 Retrain human resources responsible for transition .20
6.4 Product line transition operation .20
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6.4.1 Principal constituents .20
6.4.2 Perform organization wide transition operation.21
6.4.3 Capture relevant data from the operation .21
6.4.4 Document the findings, strengths, and weaknesses .21
6.4.5 Assess gaps between to-be and as-is .22
6.4.6 Improve the transition process from the gap assessment results .22
6.5 Institutionalizing the product line transition .22
6.5.1 Principal constituents .22
6.5.2 Assign responsibilities of roles for institutionalization .23
6.5.3 Identify gaps to drive improvements for institutionalization.23
6.5.4 Exercise necessary actions to fill the gaps .24
6.5.5 Monitor the status/effects of the actions.24
6.5.6 Perform continuous improvement for institutionalization .24
7 Product line transition support .25
7.1 General .25
7.2 Quality assurance for product line transition .25
7.2.1 Principal constituents .25
7.2.2 Objectively evaluate transition activities .26
7.2.3 Objectively evaluate transition work products .26
7.2.4 Communicate and resolve noncompliance issues.27
7.2.5 Establish records of transition quality assurance activities .27
7.3 Measuring the success of product line transition .28
7.3.1 Principal constituents .28
7.3.2 Integrate measurement results of product line transition .28
7.3.3 Evaluate the success of product line transition .29
7.3.4 Record results and inform to the relevant stakeholders .29
7.3.5 Improve the product line transition process continuously .30
7.4 Risk management for product line transition .30
7.4.1 Principal constituents .30
7.4.2 Identify risks related to the success of transition .31
7.4.3 Develop mitigation plans for the identified risks .32
7.4.4 Monitor the execution of the mitigation plan .32
7.4.5 Learn from actual results of risk management for product line transition .32
Annex A (informative) Exemplar product line transition strategies .34
Bibliography .35
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Foreword
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