Table of Contents

1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Definitions
5 Evaluation Concepts
5.1 General aspects
5.2 Evaluation starting point
5.2.1 Initial agreement
5.2.2 Parties involved in the evaluation
5.3 Characteristics of the evaluation process
5.4 Evaluation process
5.4.1 Evaluation activities
5.4.2 Input to the evaluation process
5.4.3 Output of the evaluation process
5.5 Relations between evaluation and life-cycle
6 Evaluation process requirements
6.1 General requirements
6.1.1 Organisation and quality system
6.1.2 Requester's responsibilities
6.1.3 Evaluator's responsibilities
6.2 Establishment of evaluation requirements
6.2.1 Purpose of the establishment of evaluation
requirements
6.2.2 Elaboration of the evaluation requirements
6.2.3 Contents of the evaluation requirements
6.2.4 Approbation and reporting
6.3 Specification of the evaluation
6.3.1 Purpose of the specification of the
evaluation
6.3.2 Elaboration of the evaluation specification
6.3.3 Contents of the evaluation specification
6.3.4 Approbation and reporting
6.4 Design of the evaluation
6.4.1 Purpose of designing the evaluation
6.4.2 Elaboration of the evaluation plan
6.4.3 Contents of the evaluation plan
6.4.4 Approbation and reporting
6.5 Execution of the evaluation
6.5.1 Purpose of the evaluation execution
6.5.2 Performing the evaluator actions
6.5.3 Reviewing and reporting
6.6 Conclusion of the evaluation
6.6.1 Purpose of the evaluation conclusion
6.6.2 Joint review of the evaluation report
6.6.3 Disposition of evaluation data and documents
Annex A (normative) - Template evaluation report
Annex B (informative) - Levels of evaluation
Annex C (informative) - Software product components
Annex D (informative) - Interactions between requester
and evaluator
Annex E (informative) - Evaluation contract
Annex F (informative) - Bibliography

Abstract

Specifies requirements and recommendations for the practical implementation of software product evaluation when several parties need to understand, accept and trust evaluation results. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 14598-5:1998.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	IT-015
Supersedes	DR 99261 CP