# ISO 29110 Revision Checker

The free public record and scope check for ISO/IEC FDIS 29110-5-6-3, Systems and software engineering, Life cycle profiles for very small entities (VSEs), Part 5-6-3: System engineering guidelines for the generic Intermediate profile.

Official record: https://www.iso.org/standard/86343.html
Stage: 50.00, Final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval, dated 15 July 2026. ISO has announced no publication date.
Planning date used here: 18 February 2027 (planning date, 120 days from the record date, our arithmetic).
Prices: the transition kit is USD 149 one off; the change watch is USD 19 a month. The register and the check are free.
Not legal advice; does not certify. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by ISO or the IEC.

## What it is

A 40-practice transition register across the four process areas named in the public abstract: Business Management, then Project Management, then System Definition and Realisation, and finally Acquisition Management. Each practice carries our reference, a basis label (public record, series structure or our reading), the practice in our words, the evidence, the common gaps and the questions. The FDIS body is not public and is not quoted.

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## The practices

- [SC-01 Who the profile is for](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sc-01-who-the-profile-is-for/): Confirm that the entity using the guide is a very small entity: an enterprise, organisation, department or project of up to 25 people. Record the headcount and the boundary you use
- [SC-02 The non-critical systems limit](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sc-02-the-non-critical-systems-limit/): Check that the systems in scope are non-critical. The public abstract limits the guide to the development of non-critical systems. A system whose failure could cause serious harm, 
- [SC-03 More than one project and more than one work team](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sc-03-more-than-one-project-and-more-than-one/): Establish whether the firm runs parallel projects run by more than one work team. The public abstract gives this as the situation the Intermediate profile is built for, and as the 
- [SC-04 Where the Intermediate profile sits](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sc-04-where-the-intermediate-profile-sits/): Place the Intermediate profile against the Basic profile it extends. The public abstract says the guide was developed from the systems engineering Basic profile and that elements w
- [SC-05 What the guide adds to the Basic profile](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sc-05-what-the-guide-adds-to-the-basic-profile/): Identify the additions the public abstract names: business management, acquisition management, and modified process, task, work product and role elements for parallel projects. Tre
- [SC-06 What the guide does not do](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sc-06-what-the-guide-does-not-do/): Record what the guide is not. It is a guideline inside a profile, not a certifiable management system standard. It does not replace the life-cycle process standard a firm may alrea
- [BM-01 State the business the firm is in](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/bm-01-state-the-business-the-firm-is-in/): Write down the business the VSE is in, the customers it serves and the kind of systems it builds. The business management process starts from that statement, because the projects a
- [BM-02 Set the objectives the projects must serve](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/bm-02-set-the-objectives-the-projects-must-serve/): Turn the business statement into a small set of objectives that projects can be judged against: delivery on time, margin, repeat business, a new capability, a certification the fir
- [BM-03 Own the process assets and the tailoring rule](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/bm-03-own-the-process-assets-and-the-tailoring-rule/): Name the person who owns the process assets: the templates, the work product list, the role descriptions and the tailoring rule. Without an owner the assets drift, and each project
- [BM-04 Allocate people across parallel projects](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/bm-04-allocate-people-across-parallel-projects/): Decide who works on which project and at what share of their time, and record the decision. Parallel projects fail most often on the same three people, not on the method.
- [BM-05 Review business performance and act](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/bm-05-review-business-performance-and-act/): Hold a regular business review that reads the objectives, the capacity, the project health and the customer position, and record the decisions. The review is the place where the bu
- [BM-06 Decide which work to take and which to decline](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/bm-06-decide-which-work-to-take-and-which-to/): Make the bid and no-bid decision explicit. The decision should test the work against the business statement, the objectives, the capacity and the criticality limit, and should be r
- [PM-01 Start the project with an approved plan](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-01-start-the-project-with-an-approved-plan/): No project work starts without a plan that has been approved by the person who commits the firm's people and money. The plan states the scope, the deliverables, the schedule, the r
- [PM-02 Define scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-02-define-scope-deliverables-and-acceptance-criteria/): Write the scope as a boundary with exclusions, list the deliverables as things that can be handed over, and state the criteria by which each will be accepted. Acceptance criteria t
- [PM-03 Estimate effort, cost and schedule](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-03-estimate-effort-cost-and-schedule/): Estimate the work from the deliverables and the team's own history, not from optimism. Record the basis of the estimate, the assumptions and the contingency. An estimate without it
- [PM-04 Build the work breakdown and the schedule](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-04-build-the-work-breakdown-and-the-schedule/): Break the work into tasks that a named person can do and finish, then sequence them into a schedule with dependencies and a critical path. The breakdown is the unit of control for 
- [PM-05 Assign roles and responsibilities](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-05-assign-roles-and-responsibilities/): Name the person who does each role the project needs, not the job title. The profile assigns tasks and work products to roles, so the file must show who holds each role on this pro
- [PM-06 Manage risks, issues and changes](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-06-manage-risks-issues-and-changes/): Keep a live risk and issue log and a change route. A risk is something that may happen; an issue is something that has. A change is a request that alters the agreed scope, schedule
- [PM-07 Monitor progress and take corrective action](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-07-monitor-progress-and-take-corrective-action/): Measure progress against the baseline at a stated cadence, compare it with the plan, and record the corrective action when it diverges. A status report that says everything is on t
- [PM-08 Close the project and capture lessons](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/pm-08-close-the-project-and-capture-lessons/): Close the project formally: confirm acceptance, hand over the deliverables and the evidence, release the team, and record what should change in the process assets. Closure is where
- [SR-01 Establish the system requirements baseline](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-01-establish-the-system-requirements-baseline/): Turn the acquirer's needs into a stated, agreed set of system requirements and put it under change control. The baseline is the reference for design, verification and acceptance, a
- [SR-02 Define the system architecture](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-02-define-the-system-architecture/): Describe the system as elements, their responsibilities and their interfaces. The architecture is the bridge between the requirements and the work of building, and it is where the 
- [SR-03 Allocate requirements to elements](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-03-allocate-requirements-to-elements/): Allocate each system requirement to the element or elements that satisfy it, and record the allocation. An unallocated requirement is a requirement nobody is building; an element w
- [SR-04 Design and realise the elements](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-04-design-and-realise-the-elements/): Design each element to its allocated requirements, build or acquire it, and record the design and the realisation. The evidence is not the drawing alone; it is the drawing, the dec
- [SR-05 Integrate and verify the system](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-05-integrate-and-verify-the-system/): Integrate the elements into the system and verify it against the requirements baseline. Verification shows the system was built right; validation, in the next unit, shows the right
- [SR-06 Validate against the acquirer's needs](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-06-validate-against-the-acquirer-s-needs/): Validate the delivered system against the acquirer's stated needs, not only against the requirements the firm wrote. Validation closes the loop between what was asked for and what 
- [SR-07 Manage configuration and change](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-07-manage-configuration-and-change/): Identify the configuration items, put them under control, and record every change with its approval and its effect on the baseline. Configuration management is what lets the team a
- [SR-08 Control externally supplied elements](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-08-control-externally-supplied-elements/): Where an element is supplied by another organisation, state the technical requirement, the acceptance criteria and the evidence the supplier must provide. The VSE remains accountab
- [SR-09 Deliver the system and the evidence pack](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/sr-09-deliver-the-system-and-the-evidence-pack/): Deliver the system with the evidence the acquirer needs to operate and maintain it: the as-built configuration, the verification and validation records, the operating limits and th
- [AC-01 Decide to acquire rather than build](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/ac-01-decide-to-acquire-rather-than-build/): Record the decision to acquire an element or service rather than build it, with the reason. The reason is usually capability, capacity or cost, and it belongs in the file because i
- [AC-02 Select the supplier on stated criteria](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/ac-02-select-the-supplier-on-stated-criteria/): Select the supplier against criteria written before the responses arrive: technical fit, evidence of similar work, capacity, commercial terms and the ability to provide the evidenc
- [AC-03 Agree the technical content of the contract](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/ac-03-agree-the-technical-content-of-the-contract/): Put the technical content in the agreement: the specification, the acceptance criteria, the evidence to be delivered, the interface responsibilities, the change route and the sched
- [AC-04 Monitor the supplier and accept deliverables](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/ac-04-monitor-the-supplier-and-accept-deliverables/): Monitor the supplier against the agreement, inspect or test what arrives, and record the acceptance decision. The VSE's accountability for the system does not move to the supplier 
- [AC-05 Close the acquisition and integrate the result](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/ac-05-close-the-acquisition-and-integrate-the-result/): Close the acquisition when the deliverables are accepted and the evidence is filed, then integrate the supplied element into the system configuration and the system evidence pack. 
- [TR-01 Record the transition decision](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/tr-01-record-the-transition-decision/): Decide whether the firm will adopt the Intermediate profile, watch it until publication, or decline it, and record the decision with the reason, the owner and the date. The decisio
- [TR-02 Compare current practice with the Intermediate profile](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/tr-02-compare-current-practice-with-the-intermediate-profile/): Compare what the firm does today with the practices in the Intermediate profile, and mark each as practiced, partial or new. The comparison is the transition plan; without it the f
- [TR-03 Re-baseline work products and templates](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/tr-03-re-baseline-work-products-and-templates/): Update the templates and the work product list to the Intermediate profile, with a version and a date, and retire the versions that no longer apply. A template that still asks for 
- [TR-04 Retrain the roles that change](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/tr-04-retrain-the-roles-that-change/): Identify which roles gain a task or a work product under the Intermediate profile, and give those people the training and the time to do it. A role that gains work without capacity
- [TR-05 Set the review and re-baseline trigger](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/tr-05-set-the-review-and-re-baseline-trigger/): Set the date and the trigger for reviewing the transition and re-baselining the file against the published text. The public record shows the draft at stage 50.00 with no publicatio
- [TR-06 Keep the evidence file assessable](https://iso-29110-5-revision-checker.theartofservice.com/register/tr-06-keep-the-evidence-file-assessable/): Keep the evidence in one place, indexed by practice, with an owner and a date for every artefact. An assessor should be able to pick a practice, ask for its evidence and receive it

## Last updated

2026-10-22