What is ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 – Software development information about?

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 is an International Standard that focuses on systems and software engineering. ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 gives design and development of information for users and developers.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 covers the development process for designers and developers of information for users of the software.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 describes how to establish what information users need, how to determine how that information should be presented, and how to prepare the information and make it available. ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 is not limited to the design and development stage of the life cycle but includes information on design throughout the life cycle, such as design strategy and maintaining a design. ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 also provides requirements for the structure, information content, and format of information for users of the software.

Who is ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 - Software development information for?

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 on software development information is useful for:

IT industries
Frontend and backend developers
The professional who involved in automation and testing
Graphic designers with expertise in electronic media
User interface designers and ergonomics experts work together to design the presentation of the information on the screen.

Why should you use ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 - Software development information?

Anyone who uses software, designed to help users perform tasks or handle types of problems needs accurate information about how the software helps the user accomplish a task. The information for users may be the first tangible item that the user sees and therefore influences the user’s first impressions of the software product. If the information is supplied in a convenient form and is easy to find and understand, the user can quickly become proficient at using the product.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 provides specific requirements for information for users of software products, based on the requirements applicable to all types of products. It focuses on the parts of the information management processes most applicable for information designers and information developers.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 aims to design user interfaces that behave so intuitively that little separate explanation is needed.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 supports the need of software users for consistent, complete, accurate, and usable information. ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 includes both approaches to standardization:

Process standards, which specify how information products are to be developed
Information product standards, which specify the characteristics and functional requirements of the information for users.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 helps to assist users to design and develop information for users as part of the software life cycle processes. ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 defines the information-development process from the information developer's standpoint.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514:2022 supersedes BS ISO/IEC 26514:2008. BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514:2022 includes some technical BS ISO/IEC 26514:2008. These include:

Increased emphasis on designing and developing information for users of the software
Use of IEC/IEEE 82079‑1 as a normative reference for information for use
Addition of subclauses regarding application programming interfaces (API) and chatbots

BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514:2022

Systems and software engineering. Design and development of information for users

Current

Published:

31 Mar 2022