scope:

This International Standard provides a common framework for planning and controlling the technical processes and activities to produce and sustain software products. The complete life cycle is covered by this standard, from idea conception to the retirement of a software product. The framework described by this standard provides for best practices in communication and cooperation among parties that plan for, develop, utilize, and manage modern software. This International Standard ● specifies the required information items to be produced through the implementation of the required planning and control processes, ● specifies the required content of the required information items, and ● gives guidelines for the format and content of the required and related information items.