Test Standards

Standards and Acronyms

A large number of standards are mentioned in this paper, normally by reference to the originating standards body and standard number only, such as “BS 7925-1”.  This list gives the name for each of them, along with any acronyms used.

DO-178B Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification
IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE 610 Standard Computer Dictionary
IEEE 610.12 Software Engineering Terminology
IEEE 730 Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans
IEEE 829 Standard for Software Test Documentation
IEEE 1008 Standard for Software Unit Testing
IEEE 1012 Standard for Software Verification and Validation
IEEE 1028 Standard for Software Reviews
IEEE 1044 Standard Classification for Software Anomalies
IEEE 1044.1 Guide to Classification for Software Anomalies
ISO The International Organization for Standardization
ISO 9000 Quality management and quality assurance standards
ISO 9001 Model for quality assurance in design, development, production, installation
ISO 12207 Software life cycle processes
ISO 15026 System and software integrity levels
ISO 15288 System Life Cycle Processes
ISO 15504 Software process assessment
NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST 500-234 Reference Information for the Software Verification and Validation Process
PSS Procedures, Specifications and Standards
PSS-05-0 ESA Software Engineering Standards
SEI The Software Engineering Institute
SE CMM Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model
SW CMM Capability Maturity Model for Software