IEEE 26513-2010 pdf download IEEE Standard for Adoption of ISO/IEC 26513:2009 Systems and Software Engineering- Requirements for Testers and Reviewers of User Docu mentation
Managers of the software development process or the documentation process should consider the testing of documentation as their planning and management activities. Project managers , in have an important role in planning the testing and reviewing of documentation
Testing of the documentation is likely to highlight any defects or nonconformances in tools that are used to create or displ ay on-screen documentation. Similarly , usability testing of the documentation is likely to highlight defects or nonconformances with the presentation or layout of documentation and associated graphics and other media. As a result , there are a number of roles that should be involved in the testing of documentation because their work the content , display or presentation of documentation for the user , for example , developers of tools for creating documentation , graphic designers producing material displayed as the documentation , and human-factors experts who identify principles for mak ing documentation more accessible and easily used , also user interface designers and ergonomics experts working together to design the presentation of the documentation on-screen. In some organizations these roles may have different titles , or an individual may perform more than one of these roles
There are other roles that need to understand the test processes for the documentation , for example authors should understand the test processed for the documentation that they have produced and acquirers of documentation prepared by another department or organization might want to know what testing has been performed and the processes followed for the documentation that they are acquiring from a supplier.
This In ternational Standard is intended for use in all types of organizations , whether or not a dedicated documentation department is presen t. In all cases , it may be used as a basis for local standards and procedures. Readers are assumed to have experience or general knowledge of testing or reviewing processes.
This International Standard deals with the evaluation of documentation only , and not with the evaluation of the software it supports. Documentation is also included in evaluation of the software product , as in the ISO/IEC 25000 series of standards. In ISO/IEC 25051 :2006 Software – Software product Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) – Requirements for quality of Commercial-Off-The- Shelf (COTS) software product and instructions for testing.
The works listed in the Bibliography provide additional guidance on the processes of managing , preparing ,and testing user documentation