Résumé de section

  • The set of ISO/IEC 29110 Standards and Guides has been developed to meet the need of Very Small Entities (VSEs) that develop non-critical systems or software products.

    Systems, in the context of ISO 29110, are typically composed of hardware and software components. 

    A VSE is an entity (enterprise, organization, department or project) having up to 25 people.

    ISO 29110 is intended to be used with any lifecycle such as waterfall, iterative, incremental, evolutionary or agile.


    A first four-stage ISO 29110 roadmap has been developed for VSEs that do not develop critical systems: Entry, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced. VSEs targeted by the Entry profile are those working on small projects (e.g., at most six person-months of effort) and for start-ups. The Basic profile describes the development practices of a single application by a single project team. The Intermediate profile is targeted at VSEs developing multiple projects with more than one team. The Advanced profile is targeted at VSEs wishing to sustain and grow as independent competitive businesses.