ABSTRACT
International standards are designed to codify engineering practices for uniformity and consistency. The origin of systems engineering and software development standards comes out of the development of large systems and targets their use for large enterprises. Globally, many industries recognize the contribution of very small organizations to the economy of not only emerging country economies but also their contribution to mature countries. Very small entities (VSEs) consist of organizations up to 25 persons and are considered a significant portion of the systems and software developers throughout the world.
Large organization using the ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 Systems Engineering Standard found a need to better qualify the small companies with which they were doing business. There was a strong desire to improve or make product development efficient by using systems engineering methodology. This standard also comes out of a desire to help elaborate tailored practical guidance that applies to VSEs in the context of prime or subcontractor of commercial products and contributes to standardization.
