7 Part 7: V-Modell Reference Mapping to Standards

7.2 Mapping to other Standards

7.2.5 Mapping to V-Modell 97

The V-Modell 97, which is part of the development standard for Federal IT systems, is the predecessor of the M-Model XT. Its objective, to regulate the approach for the development of IT systems, was similar to that of the V-Modell XT. But in contrast to the V-Modell 97, which is focused on activities, the V-Modell XT is focused on products.

The most important novelties in the V-Modell XT as regards contents are regulations for hardware development, logistics, commercial project management and process improvement. Regulations that existed already in the V-Modell 97 have been elaborated further, taking into account the state of the art. In this context in particular the fact should be mentioned that the interfaces between contract awarder and supplier projects are described explicitly.

Furthermore, a number of additional concepts have been introduced in the V-Modell XT, for example the »Project Execution Strategy and the »Decision Gates. Also major changes were made to the tailoring concept.

With regard to their structure, there are considerable differences between the V-Modell 97 and the V-Modell XT. The V-Modell XT is composed of so-called process modules and the V-Modell 97 is subdivided into four submodels (see Figure 2 ):

• Project Management submodel (PM)
• Quality Assurance submodel (QS)
• Configuration Management submodel (KM)
• System Development submodel (SE)

Figure 2: Structure of the V-Modell 97

In this standard mapping the terms of the individual submodels of the V-Modell 97 are mapped on corresponding model elements of the V-Modell XT.