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How the ISO/IEC 12207 Standard Can Aid Software Attorneys in Preparing Contracts or Litigation Concerning Computer Software When you write a software contract can you prevent the horror stories as described on this web page http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10383 ? Maybe you can by using ISO/IEC 12207 as input to your contract. ISO/IEC 12207 In preparing a software contract how do you know what documents and records should be produced ? ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that can be of great assistance to attorneys in this process. This is the only software standard that spells out precisely the 325 tasks that are required from the start of a software development project until the software is retired. Every software task has a concise definition and the deliverables for a task are easily discernable. This standard has been agreed to by all members of the International Standards Organization and is a recognized legal document in most countries. To get a copy of this standard and a checklist that spells out all of the associated documents, contact Techstreet by clicking Order . This checklist defines all of the plans, documents, records, audits and reviews that are associated with a software project. There are over 400 hundred of these items included in this checklist. An incredible bargain at only $149!
What Standards Should Be Called Out In Software Contracts? Today attorneys are preparing more and more contracts for Web software. Unless an attorney is also a competent software engineer, it is a laborious and costly process to select the standards that are correct for a contract. Now, a new set of software standards directories on the market makes this knowledge readily available to all attorneys. These directories are: A Guide to Standards and Specifications for Designing Web Software. Artech House, 1998. ISBN 0-89006-819-4 Guide to Software Engineering Standards and Specifications, Artech House, 1997. ISBN 0-0-89006-919-0
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