TECHNICAL ISO/IEC TR REPORT 29110-3-4 First edition 2015-10-15 Systems and software engineering Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities (VSEs) Part 3-4: Autonomy-based improvement method Ingenierie dessystemes etdulogiciel-Profils de cycledevie pour tres petits organismes (TPO) Partie3-4:Guide pour la méthode d'amelioration fondée sur I'autonomie Reference number IS0/IEC TR29110-3-4:2015(E) IEC TSO @IS0/IEC2015 IS0/IECTR29110-3-4:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS0/IEC 2015,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 Blandonnet8.CP401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel.+41227490111 Fax+41227490947 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org @IS0/IEC 2015-All rights reserved IS0/IECTR29110-3-4:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction .V 1 Scope. .1 1.1 Fields of application 1.2 Target audience .1 2 Normative references .1 3 Terms and definitions .2 4 Conventions and abbreviated terms .2 4.1 Naming, diagramming, and definition conventions .2 4.2 Abbreviated terms. .2 5 Process improvement context forvsEs. .2 5.1 Considerations of related standards for VSEs .2 5.2 Rationale of the process improvementfor VSEs .2 6 ProcessimprovementapproachforvsEs .3 7 Characteristics forautonomy-based approach .4 7.1 General .4 7.2 Autonomy 4 7.3 Conciseness and easiness to understand 7.4 Low cost, quick cycle and controllable. .4 7.5 Confidenceofeffectivenessand necessity ..4 7.6 Communication with stakeholdersand communities .4 8 Framework ofprocess improvement .5 8.1 Initiationofimprovement .5 8.2 Activities ofimprovement 5 8.2.1 Activity1:Awareness of process problems 5 8.2.2 Activity2:Analysis ofproblems andtheirrelationships 5 8.2.3 Activity3:Analysisoftherootcauseofproblems. 5 8.2.4 Activity4:Identificationofaprocessorprocessesrelatingtotherootcause 5 8.2.5 Activity5: Clarification of thefundamental purpose, outcomes, and practices of the process .5 8.2.6 Activity6:Studyonbestpractices ontheprocess .6 8.2.7 Activity7:Developimprovementstoeliminateormitigateproblems .6 8.2.8 Activity8:Evaluatethe improvement planforfeasibilityand impact. 6 8.3 Continuous improvement cycle .6 8.4 Improved communication and agreement 6 8.5 Competencyforimprovement .7 8.6 Enhancementtoolsfor improvement. 7 8.7 Preparation or selection of a VSEprofile .7 6 Improvementmeansgrowthandinnovation .7 Annex A (informative) Example: SPINA3CH method for the basic profile .8 Annex B (informative) Adapting various profiles with the SPINA3CH method ..20 Bibliography ..22 ili