1 Scope
1.1 Fields of application
This part of ISO/IEC 29110 is applicable to Very Small Entities (VSEs). VSEs are enterprises, organizations,
departments or projects up to 25 people. The life cycle processes described in the
set of International Standards (IS) Profiles and Technical Reports (TR) are not intended
to preclude or discourage their use by organizations bigger than VSEs.
This part of ISO/IEC 29110 provides the management and engineering guide to the Entry profile described in ISO/IEC 29110‑4‑1 through project management and software implementation processes. This part of ISO/IEC 29110 is a stand alone guide. It is not intended for a VSE to use the standardized profile
to implement this part of the ISO/IEC 29110.
This part of ISO/IEC 29110 applies for software development project. The project may be to fulfil an external
or internal contract. The internal contract need not be explicit between the project
team and their customer.
Using this part of ISO/IEC 29110, a VSE can obtain the following benefits:
— An agreed set of project requirements and expected products is delivered to the customer;
— A disciplined management process, that provides project visibility and corrective
actions of project problems and deviations, is performed;