ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-6-3:2019

TECHNICAL ISO/IEC TR
REPORT 29110-5-6-3
First edition
2019-09
Systems and software engineering —
Lifecycle profiles for Very Small
Entities (VSEs) —
Part 5-6-3:
Systems engineering: Management
and engineering guide: Generic profile
group: Intermediate profile
Reference number
ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-6-3:2019(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
1.1 Fields of application . 1
1.2 Target audience . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Conventions and abbreviated terms . 4
4.1 Naming, diagramming and definition conventions . 4
4.2 Notation used to document new processes, additions and modifications to the
Basic profile processes . 6
4.3 Abbreviated terms . 6
5 Systems Thinking . 7
6 Overview . 8
7 Business Management (BM) process .10
7.1 BM purpose .10
7.2 BM objectives .10
7.3 BM input work products .11
7.4 BM output work products .11
7.5 BM internal work products .11
7.6 BM roles involved .12
7.7 BM process description .12
7.7.1 BM diagram .12
7.7.2 BM activities .13
7.7.3 BM incorporation to the Organisational Repository .18
8 Project Management (PM) process .19
8.1 PM purpose .19
8.2 PM objectives .19
8.3 PM input work products .20
8.4 PM output work products .20
8.5 PM internal work products .20
8.6 PM roles involved .21
8.7 PM diagram .21
8.8 PM activities .22
8.8.1 General.22
8.8.2 PM incorporation to Project Repository .31
9 System Definition and Realisation (SR) process .31
9.1 SR purpose .31
9.2 SR objectives .31
9.3 SR input work products .32
9.4 SR output work products .32
9.5 SR internal work products .32
9.6 SR roles involved .33
9.7 SR diagram .33
9.7.1 General.33
9.7.2 SR activities .34
9.7.3 SR incorporation to the Project Repository .46
10 Acquisition Management process (AM) .47
10.1 AM purpose .47
10.2 AM objective .47
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10.3 AM input work products .47
10.4 AM output work products .47
10.5 AM internal work products .48
10.6 AM roles involved .48
10.7 AM diagrams .48
10.7.1 General.48
10.7.2 AM incorporation to the Project Repository .51
11 Roles .51
12 Work product description .53
13 System tools requirements .79
13.1 System tools requirements overview .79
13.2 Project Management process .79
13.3 System Definition and Realisation process .80
Annex A (informative) Systems engineering deployment packages .81
Annex B (informative) Mapping between the objectives of this document and
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 and ISO 9001 .83
Bibliography .92
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 7 Software and systems engineering.
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Introduction
Very Small Entities (VSEs) around the world are contributing to valuable products and services. For
the purpose of ISO/IEC 29110 (all parts), a Very Small Entity (VSE) is an enterprise, an organisation,
a department or a project having up to 25 people. Since many VSEs develop and/or maintain system
elements and software components used in systems, or sold to be used by others, a recognition of VSEs
as suppliers of high-quality products is required.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) SME and
Entrepreneurship Outlook report (2005) ‘Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) constitute the
dominant form of business organisation in all countries world-wide, accounting for over 95 % and up
to 99 % of the business population depending on country’. The challenge facing OECD governments
is to provide a business environment that supports the competitiveness of this large heterogeneous
business population and that promotes a vibrant entrepreneurial culture.
From studies and surveys conducted, it is clear that the majority of International Standards do not
address the needs of VSEs. Implementation of and conformance with these standards is difficult, if not
impossible. Subsequently VSEs have no, or very limited, ways to be recognized as entities that produce
quality systems/system elements including software in their domain. Therefore, VSEs are often cut off
from some economic activities.
It has been found that VSEs find it difficult to relate International Standards to their business needs
and to justify the application of standards to their business practices. Most VSEs can neither afford the
resources, in terms of number of employees, expertise, budget and time, nor do they see a net benefit
in establishing systems or software lifecycle processes. To rectify some of these difficulties, a set of
guides has been developed according to a set of VSE characteristics. The guides are based on subsets of
appropriate standards processes, activities, tasks, and outcomes, referred to as profiles. The purpose
of a profile is to define a subset of International Standards relevant to the VSEs’ context; for example,
processes, activities, tasks, and outcomes of ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 for software; and processes, activities,
tasks, and outcomes of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 for systems; and information products (documentation) of
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 for software and systems.
VSEs can achieve recognition through implementing a profile and by being audited against
ISO/IEC 29110 (all parts) specifications.
The ISO/IEC 29110 series of standards and technical reports can be applied at any phase of system or
software development within a lifecycle. This series is intended to be used by VSEs that do not have
experience or expertise in adapting/tailoring ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 or ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 standards
to the needs of a specific project. VSEs that have expertise in adapting/tailoring ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 or
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 are encouraged to use those standards instead of ISO/IEC 29110 (all parts).
ISO/IEC 29110 (all parts) is intended to be used with any lifecycles such as: waterfall, iterative,
incremental, evolutionary or agile.
Systems, in the context of the ISO/IEC 29110 series, are typically composed of hardware and software
components.
The ISO/IEC 29110 series, targeted by audience, has been developed to improve system or software
and/or service quality, and process performance. See Table 1.
Table 1 — ISO/IEC 29110 (all parts) target audience
The ISO/IEC 29110 Title Target audience
series
ISO/IEC 29110-1 Overview VSEs and their customers, assessors, standards pro-
ducers, tool vendors and methodology vendors.
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Table 1 (continued)
The ISO/IEC 29110 Title Target audience
series
ISO/IEC 29110-2 Framework for profile Profile producers, tool vendors and methodology
preparation vendors.
Not intended for VSEs.
ISO/IEC 29110-3 Certification and assessment VSEs and their customers, assessors, accredita-
guidance tion bodies.
ISO/IEC 29110-4 Profile specifications VSEs, customers, standards producers, tool vendors
and methodology vendors.
ISO/IEC 29110-5 Management, engineering and VSEs and their customers.
service delivery guidelines
ISO/IEC 29110-6 Profile specifications VSEs, customers, standards producers, tool vendors
and methodology vendors.
ISO/IEC 29110-7 Specific profile guidelines VSEs and their customers.
If a new profile is needed, ISO/IEC 29110-4 or ISO/IEC 29110-6 and or ISO/IEC TR 29110-7
ISO/IEC TR 29110-5 can be developed with minimal impact to existing documents.
ISO/IEC TR 29110-1 defines the terms common to the Set of ISO/IEC 29110 Documents. It introduces
processes, lifecycle and standardization concepts, the taxonomy (catalogue) of ISO/IEC 29110 profiles
and the ISO/IEC 29110 series. It also introduces the characteristics and needs of a VSE, and clarifies the
rationale for specific profiles, documents, standards and guides.
ISO/IEC 29110-2-m introduces the concepts for systems and software engineering profiles for VSEs.
It establishes the logic behind the definition and application of profiles. For standardized profiles, it
specifies the elements common to all profiles (structure, requirements, conformance, assessment). For
domain-specific profiles (profiles that are not standardized and developed outside of the ISO process),
it provides general guidance adapted from the definition of standardized profiles.
ISO/IEC 29110-3-m defines certification schemes, assessment guidelines and compliance requirements
for process capability assessment, conformity assessments, and self-assessments for process
improvements. ISO/IEC 29110-3-m also contains information that can be useful to developers
of certification and assessment methods and developers of certification and assessment tools.
ISO/IEC 29110-3-m is addressed to people who have direct involvement with the assessment process,
e.g. the auditor, certification and accreditation bodies and the sponsor of the audit, who need guidance
on ensuring that the requirements for performing an audit have been met.
ISO/IEC 29110-4-m provides the specification for all profiles in one profile group that are based on
subsets of appropriate standards elements.
ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-m-n provides a management and engineering guide for each profile in one
profile group.
ISO/IEC 29110-6-m provides the specification for specific profiles that are based on subsets of
appropriate standards elements.
ISO/IEC TR 29110-7-m provides a guide for each profile in the specific profile group.
This document provides a management and engineering guide for the systems engineering Intermediate
profile of the generic profile group. This guide is oriented towards the management of more than one
project in parallel with more than one work team.
Figure 1 describes the ISO/IEC 29110 International Standards (IS) and Technical Reports (TR) and
positions the parts within the framework of reference. Overview, assessment guide, management and
engineering guide are available from ISO as Technical Reports (TR). The Framework document, profile
specifications and certification schemes are published as International Standards (IS).
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Figure 1 — The ISO/IEC 29110 Series
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TECHNICAL REPORT ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-6-3:2019(E)
Systems and software engineering — Lifecycle profiles for
Very Small Entities (VSEs) —
Part 5-6-3:
Systems engineering: Management and engineering guide:
Generic profile group: Intermediate profile
1 Scope
1.1 Fields of application
This document provides management and engineering guidance within the Intermediate profile for
the Business Management, Project Management, System Definition and Realisation and Acquisition
Management processes.
This document is applicable to Very Small Entities (VSEs). VSEs are enterprises, organisations, departments
or projects having up to 25 people. The lifecycle processes described in the ISO/IEC 29110 series are not
intended to preclude or discourage their use by organisations bigger than VSEs.
This document has been developed using the management and engineering guide from the systems
engineering Basic profile. Elements were added or modified (e.g. process, task, work product, role) to
support VSEs involved in the development of more than one project in parallel with more than one
work team.
This guide is oriented towards the management of more than one project in parallel with more than
one work team.
This document applies for the development of non-critical systems.
Using this document, a VSE can obtain benefits in the following aspects:
— An agreed set of project requirements (technical part of contract) and expected work products are
agreed by the Acquirer.
— A disciplined management process, that provides project visibility and corrective actions of project
problems and deviations, is performed.
— A systematic System Definition and Realisation process, that satisfies Acquirer needs and helps
ensure quality work products, is followed.
Once the system, developed by a VSE, has been accepted by their customers, the VSE that wants to
provide after delivery services can refer to ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-3.
In the context of systems engineering, that is the System Definition and Realisation (SR) process, the
group that is part of the VSE responsible for developing software elements that are part of the system
are encouraged to use the management and engineering guide of the software engineering Intermediate
profile (ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-1-3).
1.2 Target audience
This document is targeted at VSEs that do not develop critical systems and have little or no experience
with systems engineering (SE) process planning and implementation using ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
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This document is also targeted to VSEs which are familiar with management and engineering guide of
the systems engineering Basic profile (ISO/IEC TR 29110 5-6-2) for their system development projects
and are involved in the development of more than one project in parallel with more than one work team.
This document is intended to be used with any processes, techniques and methods that enhance the
VSE’s Stakeholder satisfaction and productivity.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 29110-2-1, Software engineering — Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities (VSEs) — Part 2-1:
Framework and taxonomy
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 29110-2-1 and the
following apply.
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3.1
agreement
mutual acknowledgement of terms and conditions under which a working relationship is conducted
EXAMPLE Contract, memorandum of agreement.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015, 4.1.4]
3.2
acquirer
stakeholder that acquires or procures a product or service from a supplier
Note 1 to entry: Other terms commonly used for an acquirer are buyer, customer, owner, purchaser or internal/
organizational sponsor.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015, 4.1.1]
3.3
critical system
items (e.g. functions, parts, software, characteristics, processes) having significant effect on the product
realization and use of the product, including safety, performance, form, fit, function, producibility,
service life, etc., that require specific actions to help ensure they are adequately managed
Note 1 to entry: Examples of critical items include safety critical items, fracture critical items, mission critical
items, key characteristics, etc.
Note 2 to entry: This definition is adapted from (AS/EN/JIS Q) 9100:2009.
3.4
conditional process
process that may be mandatory under some specified conditions, may be optional under other specified
conditions, and may be out of scope or not applicable under other specified conditions
Note 1 to entry: These are to be observed if the specified conditions apply.
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[SOURCE: ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-1-3:2017, 3.3]
3.5
disposed system
system (3.10) that has been transformed (i.e. state change) by applying the disposal process
Note 1 to entry: A systems approach considers the total system and the total lifecycle of the system. This includes
all aspects of the system and the system throughout its life until the day u
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