What is ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1 about?
ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1 is an International Standard on software and systems engineering that defines the process assessment guidelines needed to meet the purpose of defined VSE profiles. ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1 is applicable to all VSE profiles and is compatible with ISO/IEC 33002.
Who is ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1?
ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1 on process assessment guidelines is relevant to:
- VSEs
- IT industry
- Developers of assessment methods and tools
- Regulatory bodies
- Certification bodies
Why should you use ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1?
A Very Small Entity (VSE) is defined as an enterprise, an organization, a department, or a project having up to 25 people. It has been found that VSEs find it difficult to relate International Standards to their business needs and to justify the effort required to apply standards to their business practices. In this regard, the purpose of a profile is to define a subset of International Standards relevant to the VSEs’ context.
ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1 is useful as it carries out assessment to evaluate the process capabilities as well as the supplier’s capability assessment.
Overall, ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1 compliance helps in the recognition of VSEs as entities that produce quality systems/system elements, including software in their domain, thereby enabling their significant contribution in economic activities.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1:2020 replaces the first edition ISO/IEC/TR 29110-3-1:2015 which has been technically revised. The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
- Annex A has been reworked and split to distinguish measurement framework and exemplar process assessment model; exemplar process assessment model for system life cycle processes has been added
- Main concepts for VSE profiles, i.e. maturity levels and process capability levels, have been added
- Structure of the process assessment model has been reworked and mapped to VSE profiles and processes dimensions
- Process assessment indicators description has been reworked
- Software project management and software implementation process base practices indicators and work
