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ISO/IEC 15288:2008
Scope
This International Standard establishes a common framework for describing the life cycle of systems created
by humans. It defines a set of processes and associated terminology. These processes can be applied at
any level in the hierarchy of a system’s structure. Selected sets of these processes can be applied throughout
the life cycle for managing and performing the stages of a system's life cycle. This is accomplished through
the involvement of all interested parties, with the ultimate goal of achieving customer satisfaction.
This International Standard also provides processes that support the definition, control and improvement of
the life cycle processes used within an organization or a project. Organizations and projects can use these life
cycle processes when acquiring and supplying systems.
This International Standard concerns those systems that are man-made and may be configured with one or
more of the following: hardware, software, data, humans, processes (e.g., processes for providing service to
users), procedures (e.g., operator instructions), facilities, materials and naturally occurring entities.
When a system element is software, the software life cycle processes documented in ISO/IEC 12207:2008
may be used to implement that system element. The two standards are harmonized for concurrent use on a
single project or in a single organization. When the system element is hardware, refer to other International
Standards outside the scope of SC7.
ISO/IEC 15288:2008 Referenced Document
ISO/IEC 12207:2008 Systems and software engineering - Software life cycle processes
ISO/IEC 15288:2008 history
2008ISO/IEC 15288:2008 Systems and software engineering - System life cycle processes
2002ISO/IEC 15288:2002 Systems engineering - System life cycle processes