Authors:
Claude Y. Laporte
1
;
Rory V. O'Connor
2
and
Luis Hernán García Paucar
3
Affiliations:
1
École de technologie supérieure, Canada
;
2
Dublin City University, Ireland
;
3
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru
Keyword(s):
Very Small Entities, ISO Standards, ISO/IEC 29110, Certification, VSE.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Service-Oriented Software Engineering and Management
;
Software and Systems Development Methodologies
;
Software Engineering
;
Software Process Improvement
;
Software Quality Management
Abstract:
Very small entities, enterprises, organizations, projects or departments with up to 25 people, are very important to the worldwide economy. However it has ben established that such entities often do not utilize existing standards and frameworks. To address the needs of Very Small Entities (VSEs), a set of international standards and guides known as ISO/IEC 29110 has been developed. In this paper we present the results of early trials of this standard in two IT start-ups VSEs. A Peruvian VSE was recently audited and issued an ISO/IEC 29110 certificate of conformity.