Phase 1 System Requirement Specification - The Square Kilometre ...

Role of StandardsSPDO• A very large number of Standards can apply to SKAactivities, from development to decommissioning• Standards will be implicit in statutory obligations– Perhaps including unfamiliar (non-ISO) ones• Standards help us in the Verification task• The intelligent use of Standards helps control costs• It is common in large science projects to reference, ormake applicable, Standards when there is little or nocognizance• Elective whole cloth adoption of Standards must bedone with some care and with appropriate investmentof resources