ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 20741 First edition 2017-05 Systems and software engineering Guideline for the evaluation and selection of software engineering tools Ingenierie des systemes etdulogiciel-Lignes directrices pour I'évaluation et le choix des outils d'ingénierie logicielle Referencenumber IEC IS0/IEC20741:2017(E) Intemational Organization for Standardization STANDARDIZATION C15956617 @IS0/IEC2017 ed without license from IHS IS0/IEC20741:2017(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0/IEC 2017,Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISo copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8.CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +4122 749 09 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org Uicensee-ZHEJIANG INST OF STANRAJSAANFEC3.7 -All rights reserved etworking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale, 2017/8/21 02:50:40 IS0/IEC20741:2017(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction.. ...vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references ... 3 Terms and definitions 4 Abbreviatedterms 5 Overviewofevaluationand selectionofsoftwareengineeringtools .3 5.1 Introduction of the evaluation and selection of software engineering tools. .3 5.2 Frameworkof the evaluation and selection of software engineeringtools 5.3 General process considerations ..4 5.3.1 Sequencing of processes 5.3.2 Reducing cost and risk. ..5 6 Preparation process. .5 6.1 Purpose. .5 6.2 Outcomes. .6 6.3 Activities and tasks 6.3.1 Goal setting 6 6.3.2 Establishing selection criteria .7 6.3.3 Project planning and control. .7 7 Structuring process ..8 7.1 Purpose. .8 7.2 Outcomes 7.3 Activitiesandtasks 9 7.3.1 Requirementsdefinition ..9 7.3.2 Software engineering tool information gathering ..10 7.3.3 Identifying final candidate software engineering tools ..1 8 Evaluationprocess ..11 8.1 Purpose.... .11 8.2 Outcomes. ..12 8.3 Activities and tasks .12 8.3.1 Preparing for evaluation ..12 8.3.2 Evaluating software engineering tools ..13 8.3.3 Evaluation reporting.. ..14 9 Softwareengineeringtoolselectionprocess .14 9.1 Purpose... .14 9.2 Outcomes .15 9.3 Activities and tasks. .15 9.3.1 Preparing for selection .15 9.3.2 Applying the selection algorithm ..15 9.3.3 Recommendinga selectiondecision ..15 9.3.4 Validating the selection decision ..15 10 Generalsoftwaretoolcharacteristics. ..16 10.1 Overview ..16 10.2 Characteristics related to software engineering tool usage functionality .16 10.2.1 Overview.. .16 10.2.2 Softwareengineeringtooloperation environment characteristics .16 10.2.3 Software engineering tool integrability characteristics. ..17 10.2.4 Softwareengineeringtoolapplication characteristics .18 10.3 General quality characteristics. 20 10.3.1 Overview. 20 ili LicenSee=ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZATION C1 5956617 d without license from IHS Not for Resale, 2017/8/21 02:50:40 No reproduction or networking perm