Implementing ISO/IEC 12207 standard using rational unified process

Software Engineering is a relatively new discipline when compared to other more traditional engineering disciplines, such as civil, mechanical and so on. Several frameworks dealing with quality issues of software processes are being developed and implemented by software organizations in order to become software development more closely related to an engineering project. One of the most critical difficulties to implement them is how to interpret the generic statements of these models and how to transform them in daily executable activities. The international Standard that deals with software processes definition is the ISO/IEC 12207. As other generic frameworks, this Standard does not prescribe any specific implementation life cycle model, method or toot In the other hang commercial models and frameworks, such as the Rational Unified Process (RUP), prescribes detailed implementation guidelines. This paper focuses on investigating haw R UP can be used to implement the ISO/IEC 12207 Standard.