The standard provides many advantages by incorporating the years of lessons learned from using the predecessor standards on contracts. Hardware configuration items are now hardware items. Support concept is now support strategy. Fielding is now distribution. Software support is now software maintenance.
Privacy is now privacy protection.
Requirements analysis is now requirements definition. Sections are now clauses , paragraphs are subclauses , subparagraphs are subordinante clauses , and appendixes are annexes . Allows developer to reference software practices, as well as standards, for software development in the software development plan. Added requirement to ensure each element of the software development environment performs its intended function prior to use. Added a traceability tasking clause that clarifies traceability is both upward and downward.