ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 specifies the purpose and content of all identified systems and software life‐cycle and service management information items (documentation). The information item contents are defined according to generic document types, as presented in Clause 7, and the specific purpose of the document, as presented in Clause 10.
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 is not a management system standard and does not establish a service management system, quality management system, or asset management system. The scope of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 does not include the following:
Note: ISO/IEC/IEEE 26531 provides requirements for content management and component content management systems. ISO/IEC 26514 provides guidance on formats for user documentation (information for users).
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 on Information technology is relevant to:
A Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process the software industry uses to design, develop, and test high-quality software
The purpose of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 is to provide requirements for identifying and planning the specific information items (information products) to be developed and revised during systems and software life cycles and service processes.
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 specifies the purpose and content of all identified systems and software life‐cycle information items, as well as information items for information technology service management.
Overall, ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 describes the content of life cycle information items, so that products can be developed efficiently and with no bugs.
BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289:2019 supersedes BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289:2017, which is withdrawn and includes:
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