ECSS-Q-HB-80-02 (PART-2A), SPACE PRODUCT ASSURANCE: SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT - PART 2: ASSESSOR INSTRUMENT(08-OCT-2010)

ECSS-Q-HB-80-02 (PART-2A), SPACE PRODUCT ASSURANCE: SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT - PART 2: ASSESSOR INSTRUMENT(08-OCT-2010)., This Standard provides the instruments needed by competent assessors to perform ECSS‐Q‐HB‐80‐02 assessments and to support improvement initiatives based on the framework described in Part 1. The ECSS‐Q‐HB‐80‐02 assessment method is a space specific instantiation of ISO/IEC 15504‐5. In turn, ISO/IEC 15504 provides a common internationally recognized framework for the terminology and reference process assessment description. The instruments provided in this handbook, when applied by competent assessors, support application of the methods described in Part 1 and allow claiming conformance to those methods and to requirements in ECSS‐Q‐ST‐80. Specific instruments are also provided to enable claiming conformance to the requirements in ISO/IEC 15504 for process assessments as an additional advantage of the application of this Standard. While the instruments provided in this handbook may be provide useful information to participants in process assessment and improvement in general, their use is intended specifically for competent assessors. This handbook does not pose any requirements on the organisations being assessed or carrying out process improvement programmes whether using the methods described in Part 1 or not.