BS PD ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1:2015 defines the process assessment guidelines needed to meet the purposeof defined Very Small Entity (VSE) profiles. It is applicable to all VSE profiles and is compatible withISO/IEC 33002.The possible uses of this part of ISO/IEC 29110 are as follows.

Assessment to evaluate the process capabilities. This is when an organization wants an assessmentexecution in order to obtain a process profile of the implemented processes.
Supplier's capability assessment. This is when a customer asks for a third party to conduct anassessment in order to obtain a process profile of the implemented process by the system orsoftware development and maintenance supplier. The customer chooses the processes to beassessed depending on the services to be contracted.

Cross References:ISO/IEC TR 29110-1ISO/IEC 33001:2015ISO/IEC 15504-1ISO/IEC 15504-3ISO/IEC TR 15504-7:2008ISO/IEC 29110-4ISO/IEC 29110-4-1ISO/IEC TR 29110-5ISO/IEC 33002:2015ISO/IEC 33003ISO/IEC 33004ISO/IEC 33020ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289