Quote Originally Posted by nihil
Well, I would suggest it is to cover development standards, methodologies and tools to support them.

Stuff like SSADM, Prince2, Catalyst, Phase Review, CMM and so on. Basically "structured methodologies"?
Hrm, that sounds more like processes, practices, and procedures than technology standards.

What about those areas beyond project management/sdlc standards?

Standards as laid down by government bodies? Industry best practices? Why I love/hate the standards for web applications set forth by owasp?