ISO/IEC/ INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IEEE 41062 First edition 2019-02 Software engineering - Recommended practice for software acquisition Ingeénierie du logiciel - Pratique recommandée pour I'acquisition des logiciels IEC Reference number IS0/IEC/IEEE 41062:2019(E) IEEE @IEEE2016 IS0/IEC/IEEE 41062:2019(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTED DOCUMENT IEEE2016 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO or IEEE at the respective address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc CP 401 · Ch. de Blandonnet 8 3 Park Avenue, New York CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva NY10016-5997,USA Phone:+41227490111Fax:+41227490947 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Website: www.ieee.org Published in Switzerland i @ IEEE 2016 - All rights reserved IS0/IEC/IEEE41062:2019(E) Foreword ISo (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of IsO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. Iso and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technicalcommittee,ISO/IECJTC1. The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISo/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the different types of IsO documents should be noted (see www.iso.org/directives). IEEE Standards documents are developed within the IEEE Societies and the Standards Coordinating Committees of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board. The IEEE develops its standards through a consensus development process, approved by the American National Standards Institute, which brings together volunteers representing varied viewpoints and interests to achieve the final product. Volunteers are not necessarily members of the Institute and serve without compensation. While the IEEE administers the process and establishes rules to promote fairness in the consensus development process, the IEEE does not independently evaluate, test, or verify the accuracy of any of the information contained in its standards. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the Iso list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents). Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement. For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of Iso specific terms and expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about Iso's adherence to the see www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html. ISO/IEC/IEEE 41062 was prepared by the Software & Systems Engineering Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society (as IEEE Std 1062-2015) and drafted in accordance with its editorial rules. It was adopted, under the “fast-track procedure" defined in the Partner Standards Development Organization cooperation agreemen