1.1 Fields of application
This part of ISO/IEC29110 is applicable to Very Small Entities (VSEs). VSEs are enterprises, organizations, departments or projects up to 25 people. The life cycle processes described in the set of International Standards (IS) Profiles and Technical Reports (TR) are not intended to preclude or discourage their use by organizations bigger than VSEs.
This part of ISO/IEC29110 provides the management and engineering guide to the Entry profile described in ISO/IEC29110-4-1 through project management and software implementation processes. This part of ISO/IEC29110 is a stand alone guide. It is not intended for a VSE to use the standardized profile to implement this part of the ISO/IEC29110.
This part of ISO/IEC29110 applies for software development project. The project may be to fulfil an external or internal contract. The internal contract need not be explicit between the project team and their customer.
Using this part of ISO/IEC29110, a VSE can obtain the following benefits:
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An agreed set of project requirements and expected products is delivered to the customer;
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A disciplined management process, that provides project visibility and corrective actions of project problems and deviations, is performed;
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A systematic software implementation process, that satisfies customer needs and ensures quality products, is followed.
1.2 Target Audience
This part of ISO/IEC29110 is targeted at start-up VSEs (i.e. VSEs who started their operation less than 3years) and/or at VSEs working on small project (e.g. project size of less than 6 person-months).
It is intended to be used with any processes, techniques and methods that enhance the VSE\'s Customer satisfaction and productivity.