ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021

International

vISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021, first edition, published 2021-05-28, 38 pages; read from the official ISO catalogue record and the publisher's public FDIS preview (13 pages) and published contents. The second edition, ISO/IEC/IEEE FDIS 15026-4, is at stage 50.00 registered 2026-10-12; its text is not held.

2 domains

18 controls

Guidance and recommendations for assurance of a selected claim about the system-of-interest, achieving it and showing the achievement, in a system assurance process view on top of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 and a software assurance process view on top of ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207.

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ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021 is a compliance framework from International with 2 domains and 18 controls. The largest domains are 2 (11 controls), 1 (7 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (2)

1

7 controls

Clause 4 and clause 5: conformance and key concepts

Controls in the 1 domain of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021: 7 controls
Code	Title	Description
15026-4-4	Conformance	Conformance is cumulative, not standalone. A team cannot conform to Part 4 while ignoring the life cycle standard undern...
15026-4-5.1	Process view	The four parts of a process view are a checklist for reading clauses 6 and 7. A team that reads only the outcomes and sk...
15026-4-5.2	Assurance claim and assurance information	This is the operative clause of the document. It converts assurance from a document into a controlled set with five name...
15026-4-5.3.1	Using this document: general	The three uses are a routing decision. The same clause set is read differently in a contract, a regulatory filing and an...
15026-4-5.3.2	Using this document: agreement	The agreement is where the claim acquires a counterparty. The level in the supply chain and the formality of the agreeme...
15026-4-5.3.3	Using this document: regulation	The regulatory use adds an authority that can set the claim, the confidence and the evidence. A team that plans for a cu...
15026-4-5.3.4	Using this document: development	The internal use is the one that most often fails quietly, because there is no external acceptance test. A developer nee...

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11 controls

Clause 6: system assurance process view

Controls in the 2 domain of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021: 11 controls
Code	Title	Description
15026-4-6.1	System assurance process view: general	The clause is a map, and the map matters: outcomes without the tasks are wishes, and tasks without the outcomes are acti...
15026-4-6.2	System assurance process view: purpose	The purpose has two verbs, and both are work. The claim has to be achieved and the achievement has to be shown. The note...
15026-4-6.3	System assurance process view: outcomes	The six outcomes are the acceptance test for the process view. Each one can be evidenced or not, and the last sentence t...
15026-4-6.4	Processes, activities and tasks that implement the system view	The table is the bridge from the outcomes to daily work. It also shows what is not used: infrastructure, portfolio, huma...
15026-4-6.5.10	Configuration management process	The section of 5.2 that makes assurance information a configuration element lands here.
15026-4-6.5.2	Acquisition process	The acquirer's assurance work is mostly front-loaded. The claim has to enter the acquisition strategy, the request for s...
15026-4-6.5.3	Supply process	The supplier's side is the mirror of acquisition, but the third task is the one that matters for assurance: delivery is...
15026-4-6.5.5	Quality management process	Quality management supplies the criteria against which the assurance evidence is judged. Without an evaluation criterion...
15026-4-6.5.6	Project planning process	Planning is where the claim gets a date and an owner. The task list names scope, stages, work breakdown, process set, sc...
15026-4-6.5.8	Decision management process	The claim, the confidence level, the integrity level and the choice of evidence are all decisions. The task list require...
15026-4-6.5.9	Risk management process	Risk management is where the claim gets its reason. The decision to select a claim is normally a response to a risk, and...

What is ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021 and who does it apply to?

ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021 is a compliance framework from International with 2 domains and 18 controls. Guidance and recommendations for assurance of a selected claim about the system-of-interest, achieving it and showing the achievement, in a system assurance process view on top of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 and a software assurance process view on top of ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021 actually require?

ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-4:2021 has 18 controls organised across 2 domains. The largest domains are 2 (11 controls), 1 (7 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

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