13.1 Objectives and Positioning

In software development, it is increasingly important—not the least for legal reasons—to observe generally recognized engineering rules that have been tried and tested in industry practice and are valid according to the prevailing majority of practitioners. These rules are often described in national and international standards developed and published worldwide.

Standards are developed and maintained by national and international organizations

The following organizations and committees are responsible for standardization, that is for creation, publication and maintenance of respective documents:

At the international level, the “International Organization for Standardization” (ISO, [URL: ISO]) and the “International Electrotechnical Commission” (IEC [URL: IEC])