The Evolution of the ISO/IEC 29110 Set of Standards and Guides

Abstract

While the quality of products is a competitive advantage for very small software development organizations, the usage of Software and Systems Engineering standards amongst such very small organizations is extremely low. A key factor in the literature explaining this lack of quality standards adoption is the perception by small and very small organizations that such standards have been developed for large multi-national companies and not with small and very small organizations in mind. The ISO/IEC 29110 standard is unique amongst software and systems engineering standards, in that the working group (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG 24) mandated to develop a new standard approached industry to conduct a needs assessment and gather actual requirements for a new standard as part of the standards development process. This paper presents a historical perspective behind the development of the ISO/IEC 29110 systems and software engineering standard and its constituent components, including the rationale behind its development and the innovative design of implementation guides to assist very small companies in adopting the standards. Further this paper will present an overview of the various parts of the ISO/IEC 29110 family and briefly present the plans for the future evolution of this series of standards.

Beyond factors that motivate the adoption of the ISO/IEC 29110 in Mexico: An exploratory study of the implementation pace of this standard and the benefits observed

“…VSEs usually present characteristics such as a lack of knowledge and practical experience regarding the implementation of SPI models and standards. VSEs also must work hard to survive, and they lack enough employees dedicated to SPI activities [2–5, 7–9].…”

“…Nevertheless, their implementation in software development organisations presents a great challenge. This fact is evidenced by researchers identifying such challenges [1–10, 14–16]. But, only a few of them performed an analysis of the factors that impact the implementation of this standard; this section briefly describes some of them [3, 14–17].…”

“…A VSE can be defined as an organisation (e.g. public or non‐profit organisation), a project, or a department having up to 25 people [1–5, 7–9]. VSEs usually present characteristics such as a lack of knowledge and practical experience regarding the implementation of SPI models and standards.…”

Identificación de Herramientas como soporte en la implementación de la Norma ISO/IEC 29110 (perfil básico)

“…En este contexto, se estan dando a conocer normas orientadas a las denominadas Entidades Muy Pequeñas (EMPs) de desarrollo de software como lo es la norma ISO/IEC 29110. El uso de este tipo de normas en organizaciones de tipo VSEs les ayuda a incremetar su competitivadad, asi como la calidad de sus desarrollos de software (O'Connor, 2017).…”