AS 15504.8(INT)-1998

1 - AS 15504.8(Int)-1998 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT - GUIDE FOR USE IN DETERMINING SUPPLIER PROCESS...
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - 1 Scope
7 - 2 Normative reference
8 - 3 Terms and definitions
8 - 4 Introduction to process capability determination
8 - 4.1 Overview
8 - 4.1.1 Purpose
8 - 4.1.2 Core and extended process capability determination
8 - 4.1.3 Compatible assessment methods and models
8 - 4.1.4 Basis of process capability determination
9 - 4.1.5 Assessment approaches
9 - 4.1.6 Process-oriented risk
10 - 4.1.7 Key processes
10 - 4.1.8 Process-oriented risk analysis
10 - 4.1.9 Output
10 - 4.2 Target capability
11 - 4.2.1 Initial key processes
12 - 4.2.2 Default process attribute achievement targets
12 - 4.2.3 Reviewing and adjusting process attribute achievement targets
12 - 4.2.4 Adding further processes
12 - 4.3 Process-oriented risk analysis
12 - 4.3.1 Assessed capability profile
13 - 4.3.2 Target capability statement
13 - 4.3.3 Probability
15 - 4.3.4 Impact
15 - 4.3.5 Overall risk
16 - 4.4 The process capability report
17 - 5 Conducting a process capability determination
17 - 5.1 Core process capability determination
18 - 5.1.1 The target definition stage
18 - 5.1.2 The response stage
19 - 5.1.3 The verification and risk analysis stage
20 - 5.2 Extended process capability determination
20 - 5.2.1 The response stage
23 - 5.2.2 The verification and risk analysis stage

Describes how to utilize process assessment for the purposes of process capability determination and provides guidance on how to apply the requirements of process assessment. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC TR 15504-8:1998.

This part of ISO/IEC TR 15504 provides guidance on utilizing process assessment for the purposes of process capability determination. This part of ISO/IEC TR 15504 is informative and is intended to provide guidance on how to apply the requirements.A process capability determination is a systematic assessment and analysis of selected software processes within an organization, carried out with the aim of identifying the strengths, weaknesses and risks associated with deploying the processes to meet a particular specified requirement.The specified requirement may involve a project, product or a service, a new or an existing task, a contract or an internal undertaking or any other requirement which is to be met by deploying an organization's software processes.This guidance is intended to be applicable across all software application domains, over all software organizational structures, within any software customer-supplier relationship, and to any organization wishing to determine the process capability of its own software processes.This part of ISO/IEC TR 15504 is primarily aimed at:- the sponsor who initiates the process capability determination;- the organization whose process capability is to be determined;- the assessment team;- method developers.ISO/IEC TR 15504 is not intended to be used in any scheme for the certification/registration of the process capability of an organization.

First published as AS 15504.8(Int)-1998.