This appendix describes a candidate set of joint management reviews that might be held during a software development project. This appendix is not a mandatory part of this standard. The information provided is intended for guidance only.
This section is not applicable to this appendix.
This appendix makes the following assumptions:
a. The acquirer has reviewed the subject products in advance, and one or more joint technical reviews have been held to resolve issues, leaving the joint management review as a forum to resolve open issues and reach agreement as to the acceptability of each product.
b. Any of the reviews may be conducted incrementally, dealing at each review with a subset of the listed items or a subset of the system or CSCI(s) being reviewed.
Given below is a set of candidate joint management reviews that might be held during a software development project. There is no intent to require these reviews or to preclude alternatives or combinations of these reviews. The objectives supplement those given in 5.18.2.
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding one or more of the following:
a. The software development plan
b. The software test plan
c. The software installation plan
d. The software transition plan
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding the operational concept for a software system.
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding the specified requirements for a software system or subsystem.
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding one or more of the following:
a. The system- or subsystem-wide design decisions
b. The architectural design of a software system or subsystem
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding the specified requirements for a CSCI.
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding one or more of the following:
a. The CSCI-wide design decisions
b. The architectural design of a CSCI
c. The detailed design of a CSCI or portion thereof (such as a database)
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding one or more of the following:
a. The status of the software test environment
b. The test cases and test procedures to be used for CSCI qualification testing or system qualification testing
c. The status of the software to be tested
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding the results of CSCI qualification testing or system qualification testing.
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding one or more of the following:
a. The readiness of the software for installation at user sites
b. The user and operator manuals
c. The software version descriptions
d. The status of installation preparations and activities
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding one or more of the following:
a. The readiness of the software for transition to the support agency
b. The software product specifications
c. The software support manuals
d. The software version descriptions
e. The status of transition preparations and activities, including transition of the software development environment, if applicable
These reviews are held to resolve open issues regarding the handling of critical requirements, such as those for safety, security, and privacy.
Translator: Simon Wright simon@pogner.demon.co.uk
Last updated: 22.iii.99