ISO_IEC_TR_19759_2015.pdf

Software Engineering Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge(SWEBOK)Ingnierie du logiciel Guide du corps de connaissance de lingnierie du logiciel(SWEBOK)TECHNICAL REPORTISO/IEC TR19759Second edition2015-10-01Reference numberISO/IEC TR 19759:2015(E)ISO/IEC 2015 ii ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reservedCOPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT ISO/IEC 2015,Published in SwitzerlandAll rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,or posting on the internet or an intranet,without prior written permission.Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISOs member body in the country of the requester.ISO copyright officeCh.de Blandonnet 8 CP 401CH-1214 Vernier,Geneva,SwitzerlandTel.+41 22 749 01 11Fax+41 22 749 09 47copyrightiso.orgwww.iso.orgISO/IEC TR 19759:2015(E)Contents PageForeword.iv Introduction.v 1 Scope.1 2 Recommendations.1 3 Revision of the IEEE Computer Society Publication.1 4 Publication.1 ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reserved iiiISO/IEC TR 19759:2015(E)Foreword iv ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reserved ISO/IEC TR 19759:2015(E)ISO(theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization)andIEC(theInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission)formthespecializedsystemforworldwidestandardization.NationalbodiesthataremembersofISOorIECparticipateinthedevelopmentofInternationalStandardsthroughtechnicalcommitteesestablishedbytherespectiveorganizationtodealwithparticularfieldsoftechnicalactivity.ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest.Otherinternationalorganizations,governmentalandnongovernmental,inliaisonwithISOandIEC,alsotakepartinthework.Inthefieldofinformationtechnology,ISOandIEChaveestablishedajointtechnicalcommittee,ISO/IECJTC1.TheproceduresusedtodevelopthisdocumentandthoseintendedforitsfurthermaintenancearedescribedintheISO/IECDirectives,Part1.Inparticularthedifferentapprovalcriterianeededforthedifferenttypesofdocumentshouldbenoted.ThisdocumentwasdraftedinaccordancewiththeeditorialrulesoftheISO/IECDirectives,Part2(seewww.iso.org/directives).Attentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisdocumentmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.ISOandIECshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.DetailsofanypatentrightsidentifiedduringthedevelopmentofthedocumentwillbeintheIntroductionand/orontheISOlistofpatentdeclarationsreceived(seewww.iso.org/patents).Anytradenameusedinthisdocumentisinformationgivenfortheconvenienceofusersanddoesnotconstituteanendorsement.ForanexplanationonthemeaningofISOspecifictermsandexpressionsrelatedtoconformityassessment,aswellasinformationaboutISOsadherencetotheWTOprinciplesintheTechnical.BarrierstoTrade(TBT),seethefollowingURL:ForewordSupplementaryinformation This second edition cancels and replaces ISO/IEC TR 19759:2005 which has been technicallyrevised.ISO/IECTR19759waspreparedbytheIEEEComputerSocietyandwasadopted,underaspecial“fasttrack procedure”,by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IECJTC1,Information technology,inparallelwithitsapprovalbynationalbodiesofISOandIEC.Introduction The purpose of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge is to provide a consensually validated characterization of the bounds of the software engineering discipline and to provide a topical access to the Body of Knowledge supporting that discipline.The Body of Knowledge is subdivided into fifteen software engineering Knowledge Areas(KA)providing an outline of topics.The descriptions in the KAs are designed to discriminate among the various important concepts,permitting readers to find their way quickly to subjects of interest.Upon finding a subject,readers are referred to key papers or books selected because they succinctly present the knowledge.Publication of the 2004 version of this Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge(SWEBOK 2004)adopted as ISO/IEC TR 19759:2005was a major milestone in establishing software engineering as a recognized engineering discipline.The goal in developing this update to SWEBOK is to improve the currency,readability,consistency,and usability of the Guide.All knowledge areas(KAs)have been updated to reflect changes in software engineering since publication of SWEBOK 2004.Four new foundation KAs and a Software Engineering Professional Practices KA have been added.The Software Engineering Tools and Methods KA has been revised as Software Engineering Models and Methods.Software engineering tools is now a topic in each of the KAs.Three appendices provide the specifications for the KA description,an annotated set of relevant standards for each KA,and a listing of the references cited in the Guide.An emphasis on engineering practice leads the Guide toward a strong relationship with the normative literature.Most of the computer science,information technology and software engineering literature provides information useful to software engineers,but a relatively small portion is norm