INCOSE Standards Initiative Group
The Standards Initiative group is one of the most active communities within INCOSE. Members are working to advance and harmonize systems engineering standards used worldwide. INCOSE liaises with existing standards developing organizations, contributing to the development of standards and technical reports, and participating in the planning for new work items related to systems engineering standards. Questions? Send an email to [email protected] for more information.
Current SE Standards
- ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2023 – Systems and software engineering — System life cycle processes
- ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289:2019 – Systems and software engineering — Content of life-cycle information items (documentation)
- ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-1:2024 – Systems and software engineering — Life cycle management – Part 1: Guidelines for life cycle management
- ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-3:2020 – Systems and software engineering — Life cycle management — Part 3: Guidelines for the application of ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 (software life cycle processes)
- ISO/IEC 33001:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Concepts and terminology
- ISO/IEC 33002:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for performing process assessment
- ISO/IEC 33003:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for process measurement frameworks
- ISO/IEC 33004:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for process reference, process assessment and maturity models
- ISO/IEC 33020:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Process measurement framework for assessment of process capability
- ISO/IEC 33002:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for performing process assessment
- ISO/IEC 33003:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for process measurement frameworks
- ISO/IEC 33004:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for process reference, process assessment and maturity models
- ISO/IEC 33020:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Process measurement framework for assessment of process capability
- ISO/IEC TS 33030:2017 Information technology — Process assessment — An exemplar documented assessment process
- ISO/IEC TR 33015:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Guidance for process risk determination
- ISO/IEC TS 33061:2021 Information technology — Process assessment — Process assessment model for software life cycle processes
- ISO/IEC TS 33060:2025 Information technology — Process assessment — Process assessment model for system life cycle processes
- ISO/IEC 33001:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Concepts and terminology
- ISO/IEC 33002:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for performing process assessment
- ISO/IEC 33003:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for process measurement frameworks
- ISO/IEC 33004:2015 Information technology — Process assessment — Requirements for process reference, process assessment and maturity models
- ISO/IEC TR 33014:2013 Information technology — Process assessment — Guide for process improvement
- ISO/IEC TS 33074:2020 Information technology — Process assessment — Process capability assessment model for service management
- ISO/IEC TR 33015:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Guidance for process risk determination
- ISO/IEC TS 33064:2025 Information technology — Process assessment — Process assessment model for safety processes
- ISO/IEC 29110-1-1:2024 Systems and software engineering — Lifecycle profiles for very small entities (VSEs) – This document introduces the taxonomy (catalogue) of ISO/IEC 29110 profiles and the ISO/IEC 29110 series. The additional standards can be found on the ISO site.
- ISO/PAS 19450:2015(en) – Automation systems and integration — Object-Process Methodology
- ISO 10303-233:2012 Industrial automation systems and integration — Product data representation and exchange – Part 233: Application protocol: Systems engineering
- SAE EIA632A – Processes for Engineering a System
- SAE EIA731_1A – Systems Engineering Capability Model
- 1220-2005 – IEEE Standard for Application and Management of the Systems Engineering Process
- ANSI/AIAA G-043B-2018 – Guide to the Preparation of Operational Concept Documents
- 42010-2022 – IEEE/ISO/IEC International Standard for Software, systems and enterprise–Architecture description
- UML® — Unified Modeling Language
- SysML® AND SYSML V2 (Systems Modeling Language®)
- OMG UML Profile for DoDAF/MODAF™ (UPDM™)
Useful Websites
CMMI
CMMI helps organizations quickly understand their current level of capability and performance in the context of their own business objectives and compared to similar organizations.
Online Browser Platform (OBP)
ISO has established an Online Browser Platform (OBP), which supports viewing (no printing or saving) of the informative clauses in many standards. Normative text is not available, but this provides a preview of the introduction, scope, and other normative text that might be useful for determining the usefulness of a particular standard.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
INCOSE participates in ISO/IEC JTC1 Subcommittee 27, IT Security Techniques, through the US Technical Advisory Group to SC27. This gave INCOSE an opportunity to participate without waiting for approval of official status as a Category A Liaison.
ISO/TC 292
ISO TC 292 established a committee for the standardization in the field of security to enhance the safety and resilience of society. There are descriptions of the current work projects, business plans, and public material.