AS/NZS 4366:1996

Information technology - Software packages - Quality requirements and testing

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1 - AS/NZS 4366:1996 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-SOFTWARE PACKAGES-QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND TESTING
4 - PREFACE
7 - CONTENTS
8 - 1 Scope
8 - 2 Definitions
9 - 2.1 function:
9 - 2.2 requirements document:
9 - 2.3 product description:
9 - 2.4 user documentation:
9 - 2.5 package documentation:
9 - 2.6 test case:
9 - 2.7 maintenance:
9 - 3 Quality requirements
9 - 3.1 Product description
10 - 3.1.1 General requirements on contents
10 - 3.1.2 Identifications and indications
11 - 3.1.3 Statements on functionality
11 - 3.1.4 Statements on reliability
12 - 3.1.5 Statements on usability
12 - 3.1.6 Statements on efficiency
12 - 3.1.7 Statements on maintainability
12 - 3.1.8 Statements on portability
12 - 3.2 User documentation
12 - 3.2.1 Completeness
12 - 3.2.2 Correctness
13 - 3.2.3 Consistency
13 - 3.2.4 Understandability
13 - 3.2.5 Ease of overview
13 - 3.3 Programs and data
13 - 3.3.1 Functionality
13 - 3.3.2 Reliability
13 - 3.3.3 Usability
14 - 3.3.4 Efficiency
14 - 3.3.5 Maintainability
14 - 3.3.6 Portability
14 - 4 Instructions for testing
15 - 4.1 Test pre-requisites
15 - 4.1.1 Presence of product items
15 - 4.1.2 Presence of system constituents
15 - 4.1.3 Training
15 - 4.2 Testing activities
15 - 4.2.1 Product description
15 - 4.2.2 User documentation
15 - 4.2.3 Programs and data
16 - 4.3 Test records
16 - 4.4 Test report
17 - 4.5 Follow up test
18 - Annex A - Definitions from other standards
18 - A.1 General terms
18 - A.2 Characteristics of a product
18 - A.3 Data
19 - A.4 Testing
19 - A.5 Other terms
20 - Annex B - Example of a product description
21 - Annex C - Bibliography
23 - Alphabetical index

Abstract

Specifies quality requirements for software packages and instructions on how to test a software package against these requirements. The Standard particularly applies to third party testing and deals with software packages as offered and delivered. It does not deal with production processes. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 12119:1994.

Scope

This International Standard is applicable to software packages. Examples are text processors, spreadsheets, data base programs, graphics packages, programs for technical or scientific functions, and utility programs.

It establishes

requirementsfor software packages (quality requirements);

instructions on how to test a software package against t hese r equirem ent s (instructions for testing, in particular for third party testing).

It deals only with software packages as offered and delivered. It does not deal with their production process (including activities and intermediate products, e.g. specifications). The quality system of a supplier is outside the scope of this International Standard.

NOTE Some software needs additional requirements, e.g. safety-critical software.

The intended users of this International Standard include

a) suppliers when

1) specifying requirements for a software package;

2) designing a form to describe products;

3) assessing their own products;

4) issuing declarations of conformity [ISO/IEC Guide 22];

5) applying for certificates or marks of conformity [ISO/IEC Guide 23];

b) certification bodies which may wish to establish a thir d-party cert ification scheme (international, regional or national) [ISO/IEC Guides 16, 28 and 44];

c) testing laboratories which will have to follow the instructions for testing when testing for a certificate or a mark of conformity [ISO/IEC Guide 25];

d) accredit at ion bodies for accrediting certification bodies and testing laboratories [ISO/IEC Guides 40 and 58];

e) auditors of testing laboratories when assessing their competence [ISO/IEC Guide 58];

f) buyers who may

1) compare their requirements with those described here;

2) compare the requirements for the intended work task with the information in product descriptions of existing products;

3) look for certified products;

4) check otherwise if the requirements are met;

g) users who may profit from better products.