Guidebook to IEEE/EIA 12207: Standard for Information Technology, Software Life Cycle Processes

Despite its compact 5.38" by 7" size, the Guidebook to IEEE/EIA 12207 Software Life Cycle Processes presents a concise summary of each clause in the standard that contains a requirement. It names all activities and tasks for each clause, and summarizes all requirements. The Guidebook explains the scope of the clause. It lists all work products associated with the clause, and gives a suggested example of each. For each of the five primary life cycle processes (Acquisition, Supply, Development, Operation,and Maintenance), the Guidebook includes a context diagram the summarizes relations between the primary process and other processes described by the standard. The Guidebook includes Tips for interpreting requirements. And, there are Alerts to potential problems when using the standard.