Glossary

set of cohesive tasks of a process

sources of objective evidence used to support the assessors' judgment in rating process attributes

individual who participates in the rating of process attributes

approved International Standard or Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) Recommendation

specification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that thereafter serves as the basis for further development, and that can be changed only through formal change control procedures

assessor who has demonstrated the competencies to conduct an assessment and to monitor and verify the conformance of a process assessment

organization or person that receives a product or service

set of artefacts developed to facilitate the implementation of a set of practices of the selected framework

profile group applicable to VSEs that do not develop critical software products and have typical situational factors

document published by ISO or IEC giving rules, orientation, advice or recommendations relating to international standardization