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This document supports the interest of system users in having consistent, complete, accurate, and usable information. It addresses both available approaches to standardization: a) process standards, which specify the way that information products are to be acquired and supplied; and b) information product standards, which specify the characteristics and functional requirements of the information. As defined in ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 and ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, the acquisition and supply activities make up the agreement processes of the software or system life cycle. Acquisition and supply of information for users and related services are specializations of those processes. Such services can be acquired and supplied for any part of the information management process, such as the following: This document provides an overview of the information management processes that are relevant to the acquisition and supply of information for users. It applies the Agreement processes (acquisition and supply) to information for users, and addresses the preparation of requirements for this information. These requirements are central to the information for users specification and statement of work discussed in this document. This document also addresses requirements for primary information outputs of the acquisition and supply process: the request for proposal and the proposal for information products and services. This document is intended for use in acquiring or supplying any type of information for users and is independent of information development or management tools or methodologies. This document can be helpful for acquiring and supplying the following types of information, although it does not cover all aspects of them: This document is applicable to acquirers and suppliers of information for users, including a variety of specialists: It can also be consulted by those with other roles and interests in the information development process: