DANSK DSF/ISO/IEC FDIS 20741 PDF

This International Standard gives guidelines for the evaluation and selection of software engineering tools, covering a partial or full portion of the software engineering life cycle. It establishes processes and activities to be applied for the evaluation of software engineering tools and selecting the most appropriate software engineering tools from several candidates. As these processes are generic, organizations should adapt these generic processes to meet organizational needs. The software engineering tool evaluation and selection processes should be viewed in the larger context of the organization’s technology adoption process. This International Standard provides the following: a) guidance on identifying organizational requirements for software engineering tools; b) guidance on mapping those requirements to software engineering tool characteristics to be evaluated; c) a process for selecting the most appropriate software engineering tool from several tools, based on measurements of the defined characteristics. NOTE – guidance on mapping those requirements to software engineering tool capabilities to be evaluated is not covered by this International Standard, but is covered by a series of standards for each tool area. Primary users of this International Standard are organizations that intend to adopt software engineering tools to support their software life cycle processes. software tool suppliers can also use this International Standard to describe characteristics of their software engineering tools. This International Standard is not intended to apply to: a) software engineering frameworks whose purpose is to provide mechanisms for data, control and presentation integration; b) general purpose tools (e.g. word processors, spreadsheets) which can be used in software engineering activities, nor software engineering tools of very narrow scope or specific purpose (e.g. a compiler); c) planning for the implementation of software engineering tools within an organization. NOTE – A user of this International Standard can make the best possible selection of a software engineering tool and yet have no guarantee of a successful implementation. The methods described in this standard are useful not only for the selection of software engineering tools, but for any project where COTS/FOSS software may be selected instead of engaging in new software development. Compliance with this International Standard is defined as the performance of the processes, activities, and tasks selected from this International Standard for the evaluation and selection project. Any organization imposing this International Standard as a condition of trade is responsible for specifying the minimum set of required processes, activities, and tasks which constitute compliance for a given application of this International Standard.