ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7
Software and System Engineering

August 2021

Scope of SC7

SC7 delivers standards in the areas of software and systems engineering that meet market and professional requirements. These standards cover the processes, supporting tools, and supporting technologies for engineering software products and systems. Systems engineering, whose origin is traceable to industrial engineering, is defined as an interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical and managerial effort required to transform a set of customer needs, expectations, and constraints into a solution and to support that solution throughout its life. SC7, whose scope is Software and Systems Engineering, can thus be described as a horizontal committee that produces generic standards that are technology agnostics and independent of the application domain. These standards principally focus on process models and acceptable practices (Methods and techniques).

1987: Creation of JTC 1/ SC7; 1st Plenary Meeting;

1988: 2nd Plenary Meeting;

1989: 3rd Plenary Meeting;

1990: 4th Plenary Meeting:

o            First Business Plan published

1991: 5th Plenary Meeting;

1992: 6th Plenary Meeting;

1993: 7th Plenary Meeting;

o            Name changed to Software Engineering

o            Publication of ISO/IEC 9126 – Software Product Quality

1994: 8th Plenary Meeting;

o            The concept of product plan was proposed to SC7

1995: 9th Plenary Meeting;

o            Publication of ISO/IEC 12207 – Software Life Cycle Processes

1996: 10th Plenary Meeting;

o            Publication of the first edition of the SC7 Product Plan

1997: 11th Plenary Meeting;

o            Terms of references broadened to Software Systems

o            First Business Planning Workshop

o            Vocabulary and BPG SWG established

o            Transfer of ISO 9000-3 from ISO/TC176

1998: 12th Plenary Meeting;

o            Transfer of ODP and E-LOTOS projects from SC33

o            Process architecture

1999: 13th Plenary Meeting;

2000: 14th Plenary Meeting;

o            Name changed to Software and System Engineering

2001: 15th Plenary Meeting;

2002: 16th Plenary Meeting;

o            Publication of ISO/IEC 15288 – System Life-Cycle

2003: 17th Plenary Meeting;

o            Established WG21(Software Asset Management)

2004: 18th Plenary Meeting; Brisbane, Australia

2005: 19th Plenary Meeting; Helsinki, Finland

o            Publication of ISO/IEC 19759 (SWEBOK)

o            Publication of ISO/IEC 20000 – IT Service Management

2006: 20th Plenary Meeting; Bangkok, Thailand

  • Publication of the last core part of ISO/IEC 15504 – Process Assessment

Established the following Work Groups

  • WG 24 (Very Small Enterprises (VSE))
  • WG 25 (IT Service Management)
  • WG42 (Architecture)

2007: 21st Plenary meeting; Moscow, Russia

o            Established WG26 (Software Testing)

2008: 22nd Plenary meeting; Berlin, Germany. Hosted by the German Institute for Standardization (Deutsches Institut für Normung) (DIN); 18 May to 23 May 2008

o            Attendance: Delegates at the meeting: 205

o            Established WG1A (now WG40 and JTC1/WG6)

o            Publication of harmonized edition of 12207 and 15288

o            Publication of ISO/IEC 38500 – IT Governance

2009: 23rd Plenary meeting; Hyderabad, India. Hosted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS); 24 May to 29 May 2009

o            Attendance: Delegates at the meeting: 170

2010: 24th Plenary meeting; Niigata, Japan. Hosted by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC); 06-11 May 2010

  • Attendance:
    • Countries:18
    • Working Groups: 11
    • Special Working Groups: 3
    • Advisory Group: 1
    • Delegates at the meeting: 230

o            Established WG27 (BPO/ITS)

2011: 25th Plenary meeting; Paris, France. Hosted by the Association of French Standards (Association française denormalization) (AFNOR); 21 May to 27 May 2011

Attendance:

  • Countries: 29
  • Working Groups: 18
  • Special Working Groups: 2
  • Advisory Group: 1
  • Delegates at the meeting: 300

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2011 – 131
  • Standards published between May 2010 and May 2011 (Including documents in publication) – 11
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 46

Items of Interest

  • Endorsement of Mr. François Coallier (Canada) as Chairman for a term of three years (November 2011 – November 2014) and mandates its Secretariat and the Canadian National Body to request reconfirmation from JTC 1 – refer N509 Editor training provided – refer N6558.
  • Editor training provided – refer N5097.

2012: 26th Plenary meeting; Jeju, South Korea. Hosted by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS); 19 May to 25 May 2012

Attendance:

  • Countries: 28
  • Working Groups: 16
  • Special Working Groups: 3
  • Advisory Group: 1
  • Delegates at the meeting: 227

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2012 – 143
  • Standards published between May 2011 and May 2012 (Including documents in publication) – 12
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 49

Items of Interest

2013: 27th Plenary meeting; Montreal, Canada. Hosted by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC); 26 May to 31 May 2013

Attendance:

  • Countries: 28
  • Working Groups: 14
  • Special Working Groups: 3
  • Delegates at the meeting: 230

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2013 – 147
  • Standards published between May 2012 and May 2013 (Including documents in publication) – 12
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 56

Items of Interest

  • Between the JTC1/SC Plenary meeting s in Montreal and Sydney, JTC1 formed a new Sub Committee 40 (SC40) IT Service Management and Governance. WG25 (IT Service Management) moved from JTC1/SC7 to JTC1/SC40 and the associated ISO/IEC 20000 Standards.
  • WG21 name change from “Software Asset Management” to “Information Technology Asset Management.” Changed the terms of reference as follows – “Prepare standards to positively impact the Information Technology Asset Management (ITAM) market (including Software Asset Management (SAM)) and support the industry where possible in the uptake of ITAM & SAM standards.”
  • Changed the title of WG2 from “System and Software Documentation” to “System, Software, and IT Services Documentation.” Changed the terms of reference to “Coordinate and develop standards for the information management and documentation of software, systems, and IT services.”
  • Document title changes refer to ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7 N6040 and JTC1 N1175 resolution numbers 1667, 1668, 1676, 1677, and 1684.
  • Canadian resolution (refer N6234) that separates expert work from national body (NB) comment resolution. Working groups now designate separate meetings for comment resolution with NB and expert development of standards.
  • Cancellation of ISO/IEC16337 project, Systems Engineering Handbook since INCOSE (the original submitter) had withdrawn its document – refer N6324, resolution #1787.
  • Subdivision of ISO/IEC12207 into a multipart standard. That includes the distributions of NWIP for letter ballots, subject to the reception of required documents – refer to N6324 resolution #1794.

2014: 28th Plenary meeting; Sydney, Australia. Hosted by Standards Australia (SA); 16 June to 20 June 2014

Attendance:

  • Countries: 26
  • Working Groups: 11
  • Special Working Groups: 2
  • Delegates at the meeting: 133

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2016 – 153
  • Standards published since May 2015 and June 2016 (Including documents in publication – 6
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 49

Items of Interest

  • Canadian resolution (refer N6234) that separates expert work from national body (NB) comment resolution. Working groups now designate separate meetings for comment resolution with NB and expert development of standards.
  • Cancellation of ISO/IEC16337 project, Systems Engineering Handbook since INCOSE (the original submitter) had withdrawn its document – refer N6324, resolution #1787.
  • Subdivision of ISO/IEC12207 into a multipart standard. That includes the distributions of NWIP for letter ballots, subject to the reception of required documents – refer to N6324 resolution #1794.
  • Endorsement of Mr. François Coallier (Canada) as Chairman for a term of three years (November 2014 – November 2017) and mandates its Secretariat and the Canadian National Body to request reconfirmation from JTC 1 – refer N6324 resolution #1801.

2015: 29th Plenary meeting; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hosted by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas) (ABNT); 10 May -15 May 2015

Note: In November 2015, SC7 inadvertently registered a meeting (30th)on the SC7 e-committee platform. This registration caused a number sequence issue for subsequent meetings. The following plenary meeting number will be the 31st.

Attendance:

  • Countries: 23
  • Working Groups: 11
  • Special Working Groups: 4
  • Delegates at the meeting: 154

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2016 – 153
  • Standards published since May 2015 and June 2016 (Including documents in publication – 8
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 47

Items of Interest

  • Editor training provided – refer to N6558
  • Update from the ISO central Secretary – refer to N6551.

2016: 31st Plenary meeting; Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Hosted by the State Council of China (SAC); 22 May to 27 May 2016

Attendance:

  • Countries:19
  • Working Groups: 11
  • Special Working Groups: 4
  • Delegates at the meeting: 112

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2016 – 164
  • Standards published since May 2015 and June 2016 (Including documents in publication – 11
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 32

Items of Interest

2017: 32nd Plenary meeting; Kuantan, Malaysia. Hosted by the Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM); 13 May to 19 May 2017

o            It was the last ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC plenary meeting chaired by Canada before the transition to India.

  • Chairman: Dr. François Coallier
  • Secretary: Mr. Witold Suryn

o            As part of the Chair and Secretariat transition from Canada to India, Dr. Sundeep Oberoi (proposed incoming Chairman) and Mrs. Reema Garg (proposed incoming Secretary) attended this meeting.

Attendance:

  • Countries:17
  • Working Groups: 11
  • Special Working Groups: 2
  • Delegates at the meeting: 171

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2017 – 171
  • Standards published since May 2016 and June 2017 (Including documents in publication – 10
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 41

Items of Interest

  • Additional information related to electronic meetings – JTC 1/SC7 mandates its WG to use electronic meetings to complement face-to-face (F2F) meetings and make these face-to-face meetings more efficient. This type of meeting should also be considered for comments dispositions when practical. These meetings should not be longer than two hours in duration.
    • JTC 1/SC7 recognizes that electronic participation is not a substitute for in-person participation at F2F meetings. JTC 1/SC7 plenary and interim meetings being F2F, electronic participation is permitted only for specific contributions, limited in time, WG, SGs, and Ad Hoc meetings held during the plenary or interim meetings.
  • The naming convention for Standards; JTC1 / SC7 revised its policy to use the following prefixes;
    • Software Engineering: for all standards of the field of software engineering –
    • Systems Engineering: for all standards of the field of systems engineering
    • Systems and Software Engineering: for standards that are of the field of software and systems
    • Software and Systems Engineering: for standards that are of software-intensive systems
    • Enterprise, Systems, and Software: for all standards of the field of enterprise, systems, and software
    • Information Technology: for all other SC7 standards

Kuantan, Malaysia 13 May to 19 May 2017

2018: 33rd Plenary meeting; New Delhi, India. Hosted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS); 6 May to 11 May 2018.

o            SC7 completed the transition of the Chairmanship and Secretariat of SC7 from Canada to India.

o            It was the first ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC plenary meeting chaired by India following the transition from Canada.

Chairman: Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

Secretary: Mrs. Reena Garg

Attendance:

  • Countries:18
  • Working Groups: 11
  • Special Working Groups: 3
  • Delegates at the meeting: 134
  • Experts Remote Attendance: 36

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2018 – 179
  • Standards published between May 2017 and May 2018 (Including documents in publication – 14 (11 international standards, two technical reports, and one technical specification)
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 35

Items of Interest

  • SC7 completed the migration of SC 7 documents to the eCommittee. All documents are available on the eCommittee platform (SC 7 General Committee Document Folder).
  • Updated directives – For details refer to N7592.
  • Transfer of the responsibility of ISO/IEC TR 20000-4:2010 Information technology — Service management – Part 4: Process reference model from JTC1 SC40 (Reference: SC7 N7570) to SC7 WG10 Process Assessment.
  • JTC 1/SC 7 extends its Special Liaison Group (SLG6) to establish a liaison arrangement with ISO/TC 307 – Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies.

New Dehli, India 6 May to 11 May 2018

2019: 34th Plenary meeting; Espoo, Finland. Hosted by the Finnish Standards Association (SFS); 19 May to 24 May 2019.

Chair:                                 Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

Committee Manager:     Mrs. Reena Garg

  • JTC 1 deprecated its Standing Document 10 (SD10). This change affected the structure of SC 7 as follows:
    • The use of “SWG” and “SG” is no longer permitted
    • Activity other than the usual work associated with a WG may organize into groups called “Advisory Groups” or “Ad-hoc Groups.”
  • SC 7 made the following changes –
    • Advisory Group 1 – AG 1 Chair’s Advisory Group (formerly AG)
    • Advisory Group 2 – AG 2 Business Planning Group (formerly BPG)
    • Advisory Group 3 – AG 3 Communications and Outreach (new)
    • Advisory Group 4 – AG 4 Standards Management (formerly SWG5)
    • Advisory Group 5 – AG5 Architecture and Future Watch (formerly part of SWG5)
    • Ad-hoc Groups (AHG) replaced Study Groups
    • SWG 22 reconstituted as a WG as the group was carrying out work on specific standards

Attendance:

  • Countries:18
  • Working Groups: 11
  • Special Working Groups: 3
  • Delegates at the meeting: 130
  • Experts Remote Attendance: 57

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2019 – 188
  • Standards published between May 2018 and May 2019 (Including documents in publication – 9 international standards.
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 35

ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC7 Published Standards

  • ISO/IEC 90003:2018 Software engineering — Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015 to computer software (2018-11)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 15026-1:2019 Systems and software engineering — Systems and software assurance — Part 1: Concepts and vocabulary (2019-03)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-1:2018 Systems and software engineering — Life cycle management — Part 1: Guidelines for life cycle management (2018-11)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-2:2018 Systems and software engineering — Life cycle management — Part 2: Guidelines for the application of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 (System life cycle processes) (2018-12)
  • ISO/IEC 26552:2019 Information technology — Software and systems engineering — Tools and methods for product line architecture design (2019-05)
  • ISO/IEC 26553:2018 Information technology — Software and systems engineering — Tools and methods for product line realization (2018-11)
  • ISO/IEC 26554:2018 Information technology — Software and systems engineering — Tools and methods for product line testing (2018-11)
  • ISO/IEC 26556:2018 Information technology — Software and systems engineering — Tools and methods for product line organizational management (2018-11)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018 Systems and software engineering Systems and software engineering — Life cycle processes — Requirements engineering (2018-11)

Items of Interest

  • JTC 1/ SC 7 appointed Dr. Stuart Reid (UK) as a liaison representative from JTC 1/SC 7 to JTC 1 Study Group on Autonomous and Data-Rich Vehicles.
  • JTC 1/ SC 7 appointed Prof. Hakil Kim (South Korea) from IEA (Category C Liaison) as the liaison representative to SC 7/WG 20.
  • JTC 1/ SC 7 established a Category C liaison relationship between WG20 and SFIA Foundation.
  • JTC 1/ SC 7 established a Category C Liaison from ITAM Review to WG21 and assigned Martin Thompson (UK) as the liaison representative.
  • JTC 1/SC7 established a formal communication channel with the Committee for Conformity Assessment (CASCO) and assigned Dr. Alastair Walker (South Africa), as the liaison from SC7 to CASCO, for dealing with SC7 standards that have content and sensitive issues related to CASCO standards and guidance.

Advisory Groups

  • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 1 – Chair’s Advisory Group

Convenor: Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

  • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 2 – Business Planning Group

Convenor: Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

  • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3 – Communications and Outreach

Convenor: Anupam Agrawal

  • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3 – Standards Management

Convenor: Michael Crerar

  • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3 – Architecture and Future Watch

Convenor: Padamavarthy Ramesh

Working Groups

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 2 – System and software documentation

Convenor: JoAnn Hackos

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 26511:2018

Name: Systems and software engineering — Requirements for managers of information for users of systems, software, and services

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 26531:2015

Name: Systems and software engineering — Content management for product lifecycle, user and service management documentation

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 4 – Tools and environment

Convenor: Dr. Dan Hyung Lee

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 26550:2015

Name: Software and systems engineering — Reference model for Product

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 6 – Software Product and System Quality

Convenor: Toshihiro Komiyama

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 25000 SQuaRE series

Name: Systems and software engineering — Systems and software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 7 – Life Cycle Management

Convenor: William A Bearden Jr.

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015

Name: Systems and software engineering – System life cycle processes

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017

Name: Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 10 – Process assessment

Convenor: Alec Dorling

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 33XXX Family

Name: Systems and software engineering – Process assessment

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 29155-1:2017

Name: Systems and software engineering – Benchmarking

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 19 – Techniques for Specifying IT Systems

Convenor: Jean Berube

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 15909-1:2019(en)

Name: Systems and software engineering – High-level Petri nets — Part 1: Concepts, definitions, and graphical notation

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 20 – Software and Systems Bodies of

Knowledge and Professionalization

Convenor: Prof. Hironori Washizaki

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 24773 series)

Name: Systems and software engineering – Certification of software and systems engineering professionals

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 21 – IT Asset Management (ITAM)

Convenor: Ron Brill

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 19770-1:2017 Information technology

Name: IT asset management — Part 1:IT asset management

systems — Requirements

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 22 – Vocabulary validation

Convenor: Annette Reilly

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 19770-1:2017 Information technology

Name: Systems and software engineering — Vocabulary

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 24 – Systems and Software Life Cycle

Standards and Guides for Very Small Entities

Convenor: Tanin Uthayanaka

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 29110 Series

Name: Systems and Software Engineering Standards and Guides for Very Small Entities (VSEs)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 26 – Software testing

Convenor: Stuart Reid

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Series

Name: Software and systems engineering — Architecture

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 42 – Architecture

Convenor: Peter Fagg

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011

Name: Systems and software engineering — Architecture description

Espoo, Finland 19 May to 24 May 2019

2020: 35th Plenary meeting; Virtual; 27 May to 25 June 2020.

Due to the SARS2 (COVID-19) pandemic, the ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7 conducted its first virtual-only meeting. All Working Groups, Joint Working Groups, Advisory Groups, and Ad Hoc Groups worked diligently to ensure a successful meeting. Many members adjusted their working hours to attend meetings early in the morning or late at night.

Chair:                                 Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

Committee Manager:     Mrs. Reena Garg

Attendance:

  • Countries: 14
  • Working Groups: 13
  • Advisory Groups: 4
  • Remote delegates attending the meeting: Unable to determine the virtual attendance as the documents from the 2020 Plenary are not visible on the eCommittee platform.

Standards and Projects

  • All published standards as of May 2020 – 207
  • Standards published between June 2019 and May 2020 (Including documents in publication) – 12 international standards, 3 Technical Specifications, and 4 Technical Reports.
  • Active projects (including new work items) – 36

ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC7 Published Standards

  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289:2019 Systems and software engineering — Content of lifecycle information items (documentation) (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 42020:2019 Software, systems and enterprise — Architecture processes (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 42030:2019 Software, systems and enterprise — Architecture evaluation framework (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 21839:2019 Systems and software engineering — System of systems (SoS) considerations in life cycle stages of a system (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 21841:2019 Systems and software engineering — Taxonomy of systems of systems (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC TR 33018:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Guidance for assessor competency (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC 25020:2019 Systems and software engineering — Systems and software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) — Quality measurement framework (2019-7)
  • ISO/IEC 25030:2019 Systems and software engineering — Systems and software quality requirements and evaluation (SQuaRE) — Quality requirements framework (2019-8)
  • ISO/IEC 15909-1:2019 Systems and software engineering — High-level Petri nets — Part 1: Concepts, definitions and graphical notation (2019-8)
  • ISO/IEC TR 33015:2019  Information technology — Process assessment — Guidance for process risk determination (2019-8)
  • ISO/IEC TR 16351:2019 Information technology — Systems and software engineering — Application management guidance on the relationship between ISO/IEC 16350:2015 and Application Service Library® (2019-9)
  • ISO/IEC TR 29110-5-6-3:2019 Systems and software engineering — Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities (VSEs) — Part 5-6-3: Systems engineering: Management and engineering guide: Generic profile group: Intermediate profile (2019-9)
  • ISO/IEC 26561:2019 Software and systems engineering — Methods and tools for product line technical probe (2019-11)
  • ISO/IEC 26562:2019 Software and systems engineering — Methods and tools for product line transition management (2019-11)
  • ISO/IEC 33020:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Process measurement framework for assessment of process capability (2019-11)
  • ISO/IEC TS 33053:2019 Information technology — Process assessment — Process Reference Model (PRM) for quality management (2019-11)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 16326:2019 Systems and software engineering — Life cycle processes — Project management (2019-12)
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 21840:2019 Systems and software engineering — Guidelines for the utilization of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 in the context of a system of systems (SoS) (2019-12)
  • ISO/IEC 19770-8:2020 Information technology — IT asset management — Part 8: Guidelines for mapping of industry practices to/from the ISO/IEC 19770 family of standards (2020-1)
  • ISO/IEC TS 33060:2020 Information technology — Process assessment — Process assessment model for system life cycle processes (2020-3)
  • ISO/IEC TR 29110-3-1:2020 Systems and software engineering — Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities (VSEs) — Part 3-1: Process assessment guidelines (2020-4)
  • ISO/IEC TS 33074:2020 Information technology — Process assessment — Process capability assessment model for service management

Items of Interest

  • JTC 1/SC 7 endorsed the reappointment of Dr. Sundeep Oberoi as Chair of SC7 for a three-year term from 2021-2023.
  • JTC1/SC7 established a new Working Group 29 named Agile and DevOps; appointed Mr. Mitro Kivinen as convener. The scope of the new Working Group is the Standardization of Agile and DevOps practices, processes, competencies, and supporting technologies in the lifecycle of engineering software products and systems, excluding projects already within the scope of existing SC7 WG.
  • JTC 1/SC 7 instructs its Secretariat to do whatever is necessary to establish a Category C Liaison relationship between “ITAM Forum” and WG21; appointed Martin Thompson (UK) as the liaison representative.

Advisory Groups

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 1 – Chair’s Advisory Group

Convenor: Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 2 – Business Planning Group

Convenor: Dr. Sundeep Oberoi

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3 – Communications and Outreach

Convenor: Anupam Agrawal

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3 – Standards Management

Convenor: Michael Crerar

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3 – Architecture and Future Watch

Convenor: Padamavarthy Ramesh

Working Groups

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 2 – System and software documentation

Convenor: JoAnn Hackos

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 26511:2018

Name: Systems and software engineering — Requirements for managers of information for users of systems, software, and services

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 26531:2015

Name: Systems and software engineering — Content management for product lifecycle, user and service management documentation

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 4 – Tools and environment

Convenor: Dr. Dan Hyung Lee

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 26550:2015

Name: Software and systems engineering — Reference model for Product

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 6 – Software Product and System Quality

Convenor: Toshihiro Komiyama

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 25000 SQuaRE series

Name: Systems and software engineering — Systems and software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 7 – Life Cycle Management

Convenor: William A Bearden Jr.

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015

Name: Systems and software engineering – System life cycle processes

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017

Name: Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 10 – Process assessment

Convenor: Alec Dorling

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 33XXX Family

Name: Systems and software engineering – Process assessment

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 29155-1:2017

Name: Systems and software engineering – Benchmarking

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 19 – Techniques for Specifying IT Systems

Convenor: Jean Berube

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 15909-1:2019(en)

Name: Systems and software engineering – High-level Petri nets — Part 1: Concepts, definitions, and graphical notation

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 20 – Software and Systems Bodies of

Knowledge and Professionalization

Convenor: Prof. Hironori Washizaki

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 24773 series

Name: Systems and software engineering – Certification of software and systems engineering professionals

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 21 – IT Asset Management (ITAM)

Convenor: Ron Brill

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 19770-1:2017 Information technology

Name: IT asset management — Part 1:IT asset management

systems — Requirements

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 22 – Vocabulary validation

Convenor: Annette Reilly

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 19770-1:2017 Information technology

Name: Systems and software engineering — Vocabulary

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 24 – Systems and Software Life Cycle

Standards and Guides for Very Small Entities

Convenor: Tanin Uthayanaka

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC 29110 Series

Name: Systems and Software Engineering Standards and Guides for Very Small Entities (VSEs)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 26 – Software testing

Convenor: Stuart Reid

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Series

Name: Software and systems engineering — Software testing

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7/WG29 – Agile and DevOps

Covener: Mitro Kivinen

Flagship Standard: In progress

Named: Agile and DevOps

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 42 – Architecture

Convenor: Peter Fagg

Flagship Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011

Name: Software and systems engineering — Architecture