Liaison Update IEEE Computer Society Category A Liaison to JTC 1/SC 7 James W. Moore, CSDP The MITRE Corporation The opinions contained in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The MITRE Corporation or its sponsors. Prepared for Presentation to SC7 WG7, Oct 2005

D2, 18 Apr Recent Updates (1 of 2) l 12207(R), SW LC Processes: Joint revision has begun l 14764(R), SW Maintenance: final draft created by IEEE-SA staff editor; under review by ISO staff editor. l 15288(R), Sys LC Processes: Adopted an published by IEEE; Joint revision has begun l 16085(R), Risk Managment Process: Joint revision, 2 nd FCD ballot ends 10/30 l 16326(R), SW Management: Joint revision has begun l 19759, SWEBOK: Published by ISO as TR l 23026, Web Practices: Fast-track of IEEE 2001 approved; comment disposition proposed l 24765, Vocabulary: Agreement in principle from IEEE-SA to make terms publicly available; from IEEE-CS to host database and web access

D2, 18 Apr Recent Updates (2 of 2) l 25961, Architecture Description: Fast-track of IEEE 1471 has commenced l Certification of SW Engineers: NP was approved l LC for Very Small Enterprises: NP was approved l IEEE 1220, Sys Eng Process: Submitted for fast-track by IEEE. l IEEE standards contributed as base documents: l 1063, User Documentation l , LC Data l IEEE standards submitted for study purposes: l 830, SW Requirements Specs l 1028, SW Reviews l 1233, Sys Requirements Specs l 1362, Concept of Operations Document l 1517, SW Reuse Processes

D2, 18 Apr The State of Harmonization in 1994 TopicStatusRemarks TerminologyRed Different vocabulary standards Product quality Yellow Unrelated standards Quality management Orange ISO: Driven down from ISO IEEE: traditional QA approach. Systems engineering Yellow Unrelated standards SW life cycle processes Red Incompatible standards SW process assessment Yellow Nothing in IEEE. ISO process assessment incompatible with ISO LC. SW life cycle data Red Incompatible standards MaintenanceRed MeasurementYellow Unrelated standards Risk management No standards at all Configuration management Red Incompatible standards Project management Red Incompatible standards Verification and validation Red Fundamentally different approaches; minor incompatibilities in details CASE tools Yellow Minor incompatibilities User documentation Red Incompatible standards NotationsYellow Unrelated standards SafetyOrange Unrelated approaches OthersYellow Many unrelated standards

D2, 18 Apr The State of Harmonization … Today TopicStatusRemarks TerminologyYellow Joint project underway to adopt and revise IEEE vocabulary Product quality Yellow ISO/IEC is being improved. IEEE will adopt. Quality management Yellow IEEE is adopting ISO 9000 approach; lots of loose ends Systems engineering Green Harmonization and cross-adoption of standards underway SW life cycle processes Green But some loose ends remain SW process assessment Yellow  Harmonization underway SW life cycle data Yellow  DIS is a promising target for IEEE adoption Maintenance Yellow  Project to merge IEEE and ISO standards is nearly complete MeasurementGreen But some loose ends remain Risk management Green Configuration management Yellow SC7 withdrew its process standard; systems issues remain Project management Yellow New project to merge the incompatible standards Verification and validation Red Fundamentally different approaches; minor incompatibilities in details CASE tools Yellow Minor incompatibilities User documentation Red  Unrelated standards; discussion underway NotationsYellow Unrelated standards Safety Orange  Unrelated approaches. Study group had promising results. OthersYellow Many unrelated standards