ISO FDIS 25063

Abstract

This International Standard specifies the contents of both high-level and detailed descriptions of context of use for an existing, intended, designed or implemented system, product or service. <br>The context of use description is applicable to software and hardware systems, products or services (excluding generic products, such as a display screen or keyboard). The description of the context of use is intended to be used as part of system-level documentation resulting from development processes such as those in ISO 9241-210 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 process standards. <br>This International Standard does not prescribe any kind of method, life cycle or process. <br>The context of use information item can be integrated into any type of process model. <br>NOTE For the purpose of establishing process models, ISO/IEC TR 24774[16] and ISO/IEC 15504-2[9] specify the format and conformance requirements for process models, respectively. In addition, ISO/IEC 15289[8] defines the types and content of information items developed and used in process models for system and software life cycle management. ISO/IEC 15504-5[10] and ISO/IEC 15504-6[11] define work products, including information items, for the purpose of process capability assessment. Process models and associated information items for humancentred design of interactive systems are contained in ISO/TR 18529[13] and ISO/TS 18152[12], respectively. <br>This International Standard also describes the purposes for which context of use descriptions are used, and identifies the intended users of context of use descriptions. <br>While this International Standard specifies the required content elements of a context of use description, it does not prescribe any particular structure or layout for documenting the context of use.