04 September 2008

IEEE 15288 Systems and Software Engineering Standard

Submitted by John Clark
IEEE Hampton Roads Section

The IEEE recently issued ISO/IEC 15288- 2008 jointly as IEEE 15288-2008, and ISO/IEC 12207-2008 jointly as IEEE 12207-2008. One benefit is that 15288 and 12207 are now "harmonized" (i.e., conflicts are removed). Another benefit is that these two ISO/IEC standards are available from IEEE at less cost than from ISO/IEC. One limitation is that the guidance and figures that were in ISO/IEC 15288-2002 were moved into ISO/IEC TR 24748 which is yet to be released. ISO/IEC TR 24748 will contain guidance on how to apply both 15288 and 12207.