Software Life Cycle Management Standards details each part of ISO/IEC 19770 and shows you how to apply it to your business. David Wright calls on his vast experience to explain how the Standard applies to the entire software life cycle, not just the software asset management aspects. His informative guide gives up-to-date information using practical examples, clear diagrams and entertaining anecdotes.
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The goal of this book
Chapter 1: Software Asset Management: Both Sides of the Equation
Overview
Compliance: the delicate balance that rules software commerce
True value: the software consumer’s continual quest
Software as a service
The software product life cycle
Associated life cycles
Critical measurements required for software asset management
Chapter 2: Current Approaches in both Process and Technology
The people
The process
Chapter 3: What is ISO/IEC 19770?
Oh no! Not another standard!
A quick view of the ISO/IEC 19770 standard
Chapter 4: Introduction to the SWID Tag
ISO/IEC 19770-2 software ID tag functionality Operational breakdown
Operational breakdown
Chapter 5: Implementation of the ISO/IEC 19770-2 Process
ISO/IEC 19770 general guidelines
Basic process
Understanding the deployment/functional model
Designing the tags to match the functional deployment model
Indicating the presence of an application deployment
Create the tagging directories
Chapter 6: The ISO/IEC 19770-2 SWID Tag Data Fundamentals
ISO/IEC 19770-2 mandatory tag elements
ISO/IEC 19770-2 optional tag elements
ISO/IEC 19770-2 extended identity elements
Chapter 7: SWID Tag Certification Requirements
TagVault.org
Overview of certification
US Federal Government draft GSA/DoD requirement
Certification levels
Base certification requirements
Asset management certification
Additional validation by Symantec Corporation
Chapter 8: ISO/IEC 19770-3 Considerations
Proposed ISO/IEC 19770-3 software entitlement ID tag functionality
Inside the SWEID tag
Chapter 9: Software Feature Design Related to SWID/SWEID Tag Management for Tag Creators and Modifiers
The software life cycle
Product tagging and integration life cycle
How to analyse your product then design SWEID and SWID tags
How to use the tags
Chapter 10: SWID and SWEID Tag Management for Consumers
The software life cycle
Usage, upgrades and renewals
The reconciliation point
Overcoming the inertia of ISO/IEC 19770 adoption by software publishers
SWID tag retrofitting, saving on reconciliation expense
Conclusion
Appendix: ISO/IEC 19770-2:2009 XML Schema Definition (XSD)
Software Life Cycle Management Standards details each part of ISO/IEC 19770 and shows you how to apply it to your business. David Wright calls on his vast experience to explain how the Standard applies to the entire software life cycle, not just the software asset management aspects. His informative guide gives up-to-date information using practical examples, clear diagrams and entertaining anecdotes.
Table of contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The goal of this book
Chapter 1: Software Asset Management: Both Sides of the Equation
Overview
Compliance: the delicate balance that rules software commerce
True value: the software consumer’s continual quest
Software as a service
The software product life cycle
Associated life cycles
Critical measurements required for software asset management
Chapter 2: Current Approaches in both Process and Technology
The people
The process
Chapter 3: What is ISO/IEC 19770?
Oh no! Not another standard!
A quick view of the ISO/IEC 19770 standard
Chapter 4: Introduction to the SWID Tag
ISO/IEC 19770-2 software ID tag functionality Operational breakdown
Operational breakdown
Chapter 5: Implementation of the ISO/IEC 19770-2 Process
ISO/IEC 19770 general guidelines
Basic process
Understanding the deployment/functional model
Designing the tags to match the functional deployment model
Indicating the presence of an application deployment
Create the tagging directories
Chapter 6: The ISO/IEC 19770-2 SWID Tag Data Fundamentals
ISO/IEC 19770-2 mandatory tag elements
ISO/IEC 19770-2 optional tag elements
ISO/IEC 19770-2 extended identity elements
Chapter 7: SWID Tag Certification Requirements
TagVault.org
Overview of certification
US Federal Government draft GSA/DoD requirement
Certification levels
Base certification requirements
Asset management certification
Additional validation by Symantec Corporation
Chapter 8: ISO/IEC 19770-3 Considerations
Proposed ISO/IEC 19770-3 software entitlement ID tag functionality
Inside the SWEID tag
Chapter 9: Software Feature Design Related to SWID/SWEID Tag Management for Tag Creators and Modifiers
The software life cycle
Product tagging and integration life cycle
How to analyse your product then design SWEID and SWID tags
How to use the tags
Chapter 10: SWID and SWEID Tag Management for Consumers
The software life cycle
Usage, upgrades and renewals
The reconciliation point
Overcoming the inertia of ISO/IEC 19770 adoption by software publishers
SWID tag retrofitting, saving on reconciliation expense
Conclusion
Appendix: ISO/IEC 19770-2:2009 XML Schema Definition (XSD)