IEEE/ISO/IEC 24774:2021

Revision Standard - Active.
A number of international, national and industry standards describe processes and process models. Process models are developed for a range of purposes including process implementation and assessment. In order for users of standards to select the appropriate forms of process description and apply them in a consistent fashion, it is desirable to develop a common characterization of all of these forms of process description. This document presents requirements for the description of processes in terms of their format, content and level of prescription. Because of the wide usage of process descriptions, process elements are categorized as “Required” or “Optional”. Although developed within ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7 – Systems and software engineering, the requirements of this document can be applied to any process model or description developed for any purpose.

This document provides an explanation of considerations involved in defining a process. This document gives requirements and recommendations for the description of processes by identifying elements and rules for their formulation. This document also describes the use of process views. This document explains how conformance to a process can be defined, when the process is described in accordance with this document. This document does not describe how processes are composed or otherwise aggregated into larger frameworks or life cycle models. Nor does the document cover