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5.1.2 Cross‐Cultural Issues Associated with the Application of ISO/IEC 15288 Standard
Author(s) -
Ferris Timothy L.J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2006.tb02775.x
Subject(s) - hofstede's cultural dimensions theory , perspective (graphical) , construct (python library) , aerospace , international standard , engineering ethics , engineering , computer science , sociology , social science , telecommunications , artificial intelligence , programming language , aerospace engineering
This paper reviews the history of systems engineering standards documents from the perspective of the interaction of the standards with culture. The early standards were largely prescriptive procedural documents arising from concerns of the defense and aerospace industries, largely in USA. The latest standard, ISO 15288, follows an issues related approach and is designed to be flexible enough to address the systems engineering needs of a broad range of industries in many countries. The paper argues that the new standard presents different cultural challenges than the earlier standards. The cultural analysis of Hofstede is used as a theoretical construct with which to assess the interaction of the change from earlier standards to ISO 15288 with national and organizational cultures.