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5.3.5 Addressing the people problem ‐ ISO/IEC 15288 and the Human‐System Life Cycle
Author(s) -
Arnold Stuart,
Earthy Jonathan,
SherwoodJones Brian
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02521.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , process (computing) , computer science , key (lock) , process management , risk analysis (engineering) , product (mathematics) , complement (music) , systems engineering , system lifecycle , asset (computer security) , product lifecycle , engineering , new product development , business , computer security , marketing , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , phenotype , complementation , gene , programming language , operating system
This paper takes a system viewpoint on an organization's “most valuable asset“‐ its people. It provides an overview of how key International Standards consider people ‐ their roles, characteristics and behaviour ‐ as they create, interact with and form a part of complex systems. ISO/IEC 15288 provides direction at a strategic technical level on the design of humans into a system product, on human influence on the required system services and on the effective execution of system process by humans throughout the life cycle. Nevertheless, a human‐centred approach requires particular techniques that are beyond the scope of this system‐level standard. A human‐centred standard, designed to complement ISO/IEC 15288, is therefore to be published in 2002 by ISO. The perspectives this standard takes, and the rationale behind them, are described.