ANSI / IEEE Standards

ANSI – ‘American National Standards Institute’
IEEE Standards: Institute of Electrical and electronics Engineers (Founded in 1884) Have an entire set of standards devoted to software. Testers should be familiar with all the standards mentioned in IEEE.

• 610.12-1990 IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology
• 730-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Quality Assurance plans
• 828-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Configuration Management
• 829-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation
• 830-1998 IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirement Specifications.
• 1008-1987(R1993) IEEE Standard for Software Unit Testing
• 1012-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Verification and validation
• 1012a-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Verification and validation –Supplement to 1012-1998 Content
• 1016-1998- IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design description
• 1028-1997 IEEE Standard for Software Reviews
• 1044-1993 IEEE Standard Classification for Software Anomalies
• 1045-1992 IEEE Standard for Software Productivity metrics
• 1058-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Project Management Plans
• 1058.1-1987 IEEE Standard for Software Management
• 1061-1998.1 IEEE Standard for Software Quality Metrics Methodology.

Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

• Developed by the software community in 1986 with the leadership from the SEI.
• Has become the factor standard for assessing and improving processes related to software development.
• Has evolved into a process maturity framework Provides guidance for measuring software process maturity helps establish process improvement programs.

Maturity levels

• Initial
• Repeatable
• Defined
• Manageable
• Optimizing

Level 1: Initial
Each maturity level decomposes into several key process areas that indicate the areas an organization should focus on to improve its software process.

Level 2 – Repeatable:Key practice areas

• Requirements management
• Software project planning
• Software project tracking&oversight
• Software subcontract management
• Software quality assurance
• Software configuration management

Level 3 – Defined: Key practice areas

• Organization process focus
• Organization process definition
• Training program
• Integrated software management
• Software product engineering
• Inter group coordination
• Peer reviews

Level 4 – Manageable: Key practice areas

• Organization process focus
• Software Quality Management