A proposal for principles and values from the perspective of the german standard it-development process V-Modell XT

The V-Modell XT is the standard software development process for IT-projects in the German government. For federal agencies, this process is mandatory to manage internal IT-projects, as well as to coordinate projects of third-party suppliers. The non-profit organization "WEIT e.V." maintains the further development of the process model and provides official and industrial process owners with services. The process model is designed as a process line. Therefore the further development needs to be handled with care. In this position paper, we present the values that were chosen mandatory for the process's further development. We also motivate values that we consider relevant for rich process models in general.