Using ISO/IEC 29110 to Harness Process Improvement in Very Small Entities

Abstract

Abstract.The recently published ISO/IEC 29110 standard Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities has at its core a Management and Engineering Guide [1] which are targeted at very small entities (enterprises, organizations, departments or projects) having up to 25 people [2], to assist them unlock the potential benefits of using standards which are specifically designed to address their needs. This paper will outline this new standard and the implementation of a series of pilot project initiative harnessing a set of detailed guidelines known as "Deployment Packages" to assist very small entities in understanding the potential usage of this new software process standard.

Evaluating VSEs Viewpoint and Sentiment Towards the ISO/IEC 29110 Standard: A Two Country Grounded Theory Study

“…The ISO/IEC 29110 standard "Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities" [1] is aimed at addressing the issues identified above and addresses the specific needs of VSEs [8][9][10] and to tackle the issues of poor standards adoption by small companies [11][12][13]. The approach [14,15] used to develop ISO/IEC 29110 started with the pre-existing international standard ISO/IEC 12207 dedicated to software process lifecycles.…”

Software Project Management in Very Small Entities with ISO/IEC 29110

“…The ISO/IEC 29110 standard "Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities" [1] is aimed at addressing the issues identified above and addresses the specific needs of VSEs [7,8,9] and to tackle the issues of poor standards adoption by small companies [10,11,12]. The approach [2] used to develop ISO/IEC 29110 started with the pre-existing international standard ISO/IEC 12207 dedicated to software process lifecycles.…”

Lessons from a Pilot Implementation of ISO/IEC 29110 in a Group of Very Small Irish Companies

“…The overall objective of this new standard is to assist and encourage small software organization in assessing and improving their software process and it is predicted that this new standard could encourage and assist small software companies in assessing their software development process. The approach [4] used to develop ISO/IEC 29110 started with the pre-existing international standards ISO/IEC 12207 and ISO/IEC 15504. To assists VSEs with understanding and adopting the standard some members of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 Working Group have produced a set of "Deployment Packages" (DP), which are a set of artifacts developed to facilitate the implementation of a set of practices, of the selected framework, in a VSE.…”