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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 7, Software and systems engineering, in cooperation with the Systems and Software Engineering Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society, under the Partner Standards Development Organization cooperation agreement between ISO and IEEE.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119‑5:2016), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

— updated reference to processes (test design and implementation process) according to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119‑2:2021;
— updated reference to documents (test procedure) according to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119‑3:2021;
— included definitions for terms used in this document, based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119‑1:2022.

A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html and www.iec.ch/national-committees.

BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-5:2024

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31 Jan 2025