IEEE
TO ADOPT ISO/IEC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING STANDARD
Incorporation
of ISO/IEC 15288 into IEEE's Family of Software Standards Will
Allow Creation of Compatible Standards
Contact:
James
W. Moore, Chair of the Working Group for Adoption of ISO/IEC 15288
+1 703-883-7396, james.w.moore@ieee.org
or
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732
562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 8 March 2004 The IEEE has approved the start of
work to adopt the ISO/IEC 15288 software and systems engineering
standard as IEEE 15288™, "Systems Engineering: System
Life Cycle Processes." By incorporating this standard into
its family of standards, the IEEE will share the same reference
set of systems and software engineering processes as the ISO/IEC
Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 7 (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7)
and make it easier for the two to create compatible standards.
In adopting
ISO/IEC 15288, the IEEE will add an appendix referencing IEEE
standards that support the use of ISO/IEC 15288 life cycle processes,
e.g., IEEE 1233™ on system requirement specifications. IEEE
15288 is scheduled for completion by the end of 2004.
The standard
addresses the full life cycle of systems, including development,
operation and support, through a common set of enterprise, project
and technical processes. These processes form a baseline through
which acquirers can form agreements with developers on the scope
of work and the use of sound methods. The standard encompasses
the system life cycle from conception to retirement and includes
a framework for acquiring and supplying systems, as well as for
assessing and improving the processes.
"IEEE
has a rich collection of information technology and software engineering
standards, but relatively few systems engineering standards,"
says James W. Moore, Chair of the Working Group for the Adoption
of ISO/IEC 15288. "The content of this system life-cycle
process standard will give us a basis to create additional systems
engineering standards as need arises."
The adoption
of ISO/IEC 15288 is part of an ongoing joint effort by the newly
renamed IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee
(S2ESC) and Standards Subcommittee 7 of ISO/IEC Joint Technical
Committee 1 (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7) to harmonize their systems and
software engineering standards. As holders of the world's two
major collections of software engineering standards and standards
for the engineering of systems containing software, these organizations
are creating correspondence among their standards to eliminate
user confusion and align work done under the standards from either
organization.
The IEEE 15288
project is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.
About the
IEEE Standards Association
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body, develops consensus standards through an open process that
brings diverse parts of an industry together. It has a portfolio
of more than 870 completed standards and more than 400 in development.
IEEE-SA promotes the engineering process by creating, developing,
integrating, sharing and applying knowledge about electro- and
information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity
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http://standards.ieee.org/.
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IEEE
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Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on
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to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE
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and electronics engineering, computing and control technology
fields. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors
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IEEE 15288and
1233 a trademark of the IEEE. All other names or product names
are the trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.
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