IEEE Draft Standard for Software Quality Assurance Processes

The activities described in this standard are intended to enable the software endeavor to use software quality assurance processes to produce and collect evidence that form the basis for giving a justified statement of confidence that the software product conforms to its established requirements. The purpose of this standard is to provide uniform, minimum acceptable requirements for software quality assurance processes in support of a software endeavor. In considering adoption of this standard, regulatory bodies should be aware that specific application of this standard may already be covered by one or more IEEE or ANSI standards documents relating to quality assurance, definitions, or other matters. It is not the purpose of this document to supersede, revise, or amend existing standards directed to specific industries or applications.