IEEE 1220-1994

This standard defines the interdisciplinary tasks that are required throughout a systems life cycle to transform customer needs, requirements, and constraints into a system solution. The standard is intended for guiding the development of systems (which includes computers and software) for commercial, government, military, and space applications. This standard applies to a performing activity within an enterprise that is responsible for developing a product design and establishing the life-cycle infrastructure needed to provide for life-cycle sustainment.

The purpose of this document is to provide a standard for managing a system from initial concept through development, operations, and disposal. The inclusion of computers and associated software in todayÕs products has made the need more acute to engineer each of those products as a total system.

New IEEE Standard - Superseded. The interdisciplinary tasks that are required throughout a system's life cycle to transform customer needs, requirements, and constraints into a system solution are defined. This standard applies to a performing activity within an enterprise that is responsible for developing a product design and establishing the life cycle infrastructure needed to provide for life cycle sustainment. It specifies the requirements for the systems engineering process and its application throughout the product life cycle. The requirements of this standard are applicable to new products as well as incremental enhancements to existing products