Vietnam’s Decree 73: Description of technical requirements to be satisfied by internal-use software

According to Decree No. 73/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, “internal-use software” means the software built, developed, upgraded and expanded according to specific requirements of an organization or a software user for the purpose of meeting specific requirements imposed by such organization or software user.

Technical requirements to be satisfied by internal-use software must be described in a manner that facilitates the determination of the costs of internal-use software build, development, upgradation and expansion. The description shall at least contain the name of the software, basic specifications and non-functional requirements.

In which, basic specifications include:

- Business processes that need computerizing (organization and operation of processes, products of business processes, transactions of business processes);

- Participants in business processes and their connections (humans, resources, equipment for business processes and other supporting factors);

- List of user requirements.

And non-functional requirements include:

- Requirements on database;

- Requirements on information safety;

- Requirements on processing time and processing complexity levels of software;

- Requirements on setup, infrastructure, connection and safe operation and use;

- System restrictions, including environmental restrictions and dependence on foundation systems;

- Requirements on IPv6 readiness (for operations in the Internet environment);

- Other non-functional requirements.

View other provisions at Decree No. 73/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE