  Defining process standards by integrating, harmonizing, and standardizing
heterogeneous and often implicit processes is an important task, especially for
large development organizations. However, many challenges exist, such as
limiting the scope of process standards, coping with different levels of
process model abstraction, and identifying relevant process variabilities to be
included in the standard. On the one hand, eliminating process variability by
building more abstract models with higher degrees of interpretation has many
disadvantages, such as less control over the process. Integrating all kinds of
variability, on the other hand, leads to high process deployment costs. This
article describes requirements and concepts for determining the scope of
process standards based on a characterization of the potential products to be
produced in the future, the projects expected for the future, and the
respective process capabilities needed. In addition, the article sketches
experience from determining the scope of space process standards for satellite
software development. Finally, related work with respect to process model
scoping, conclusions, and an outlook on future work are presented.
