BS ISO/IEC 25041:2012

Systems and software engineering. Systems and software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE). Evaluation guide for developers, acquirers and independent evaluators. | Status: Confirmed, Current

1 Scope This International Standard provides requirements, recommendations and guidelines for product qualityevaluation specifically for developers, acquirers and independent evaluators. It is not restricted to any specific application area and can be used for quality evaluation of any type of products. This International Standard provides a process description for evaluating product quality and states the specific requirements for the application of the evaluation process from the viewpoint of developers, acquirers and independent evaluators. The evaluation process can be used for different purposes and approaches. The process can be used for the evaluation of the quality of pre-developed software, commercial-off-the-shelf software or custom software and can be used during or after the development process. This International Standard is intended for those who are responsible for product qualityevaluation and is appropriate for developers, acquirers and independent evaluators of products. This International Standard is not intended for evaluation of other aspects of products (functional requirements, process requirements, business requirements, etc.).