1. Introduction to ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7
Department of Software and IT Engineering
Introduction to ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7
Prepared by Claude Y Laporte, Eng., Ph D
Editor – ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 Working Group 24
École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Canada

2. Overview and Objectives
This course provides an introduction to the family of ISO/IEC Software Engineering Standards and describes the relationships between software engineering and systems engineering standards.
Objectives:
Describe the International Standards Organizations
Describe the ISO/IEC standardization process
Explain the portfolio of ISO SC7 software and systems engineering standards and the relationships between systems engineering and software engineering ISO/IEC standards
Explain the ISO 9001 standards and associated guide for IT (ISO/IEC 90003)
Present the ISO/IEC 12207, 15289, standards
Present how compliance to an ISO/IEC standard is demonstrated using ISO/IEC standard
Present an overview of ISO/IEC Standards and Technical Reports

3. Content
Introduction
Overview of the International Standards Organizations
Sub-Committee 7 – Information Technology Software and Systems Engineering
What is Consensus
ISO Document Life Cycle
Explain the ISO 9001 standards and associated guide for IT (ISO/IEC 90003)
Present the ISO/IEC 12207, 15289, standards
Present how compliance to an ISO/IEC standard is demonstrated using ISO/IEC standard
Overview of ISO/IEC Standards and Technical Reports

4. Standard: Definition
Set of mandatory requirements established by consensus and maintained by a recognized body to prescribe a disciplined uniform approach or specify a product, that is, mandatory conventions and practices
A document established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context.
Source: ISO/IEC 24765, Systems and Software Engineering Vocabulary

5. International Standards Organizations
ISO
IEC
UN/ITU-T
CS/ITTF
TC176
JTC 1
TC56
SC65A
Quality Management Information Technology Dependability Functional Safety
SC6
SC7
SC27
SC37
Telecommunications
Systems and Software Engineering
IT Security
Techniques
Biometrics
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
ITTF Information Technology Task Force
CS Central Secretariat
UN United Nations
ITU-T International Telecommunications Union (Telecommunications Sector)
TC Technical Committee
SC Sub Committee
JTC Joint Technical Committee
WG Working Group
WGs

6. JTC 1 Subcommittees (SC)
Technical Directions
JTC1 Subcommittees and Working Groups
Application Technologies
SC 36 - Learning Technology
Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability and User Interfaces
SC 02 - Coded Character Sets
SC 22/WG 20 – Internationalization
SC 35 - User Interfaces
Data Capture land Identification Systems
SC 17 - Cards and Personal Identification
SC 31 - Automatic Identification and Data Capture Techniques
Data Management Services
SC 32 - Data Management and Interchange
Document Description Languages
SC 34 - Document Description and Processing Languages
Information Interchange Media
SC 11 - Flexible Magnetic Media for Digital Data Interchange
SC 23 - Optical Disk Cartridges for Information Interchange
Multimedia and Representation
SC 24 - Computer Graphics and Image Processing
SC 29 - Coding of Audio, Picture, and Multimedia and Hypermedia Information
Networking and Interconnects
SC 06 - Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems
SC 25 - Interconnection of Information Technology Equipment
Office Equipment
SC 28 - Office Equipment
Programming Languages and Software Interfaces
SC 22 - Programming Languages, their Environments and Systems Software Interfaces
Security
SC 27 - IT Security Techniques
Software Engineering
SC 07 - Software and System Engineering
Biometrics
SC 37 - Biometrics

7. ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7 – Information Technology Software and Systems Engineering
Terms of Reference
“Standardization of processes, supporting tools and supporting technologies for the engineering of software products and systems”
Proposed change in SC7 Terms of Reference is in process:
“Standardization of processes, methods and supporting technologies for the engineering and management of software and systems throughout their life cycles”
ISO - International Organization for Standardization ISO is not an acronym; it stands for the Greek word ‘ISOS’
ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7 - International Organization for Standardization/ International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1 Sub-Committee 7

8. ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7 History 1987 Formation of JTC 1/ SC7
1991 Name changed to Software Engineering
1995 Publication of ISO/IEC Software Life Cycle Processes
1996 Publication of the first edition of the SC7 Product Plan
1997 Terms of references broadened to Software Systems
Transfer of ISO from ISO/TC176
1998 Transfer of ODP and E-LOTOS projects from JTC 1/SC33
2000 Name changed to Software and System Engineering
2002 Publication of ISO/IEC – System Life-Cycle
2005 Publication of ISO/IEC (SWEBOK)
Publication of ISO/IEC IT Service Management
2008 Publication of an harmonized edition of and 15288
Publication of ISO/IEC IT Governance

9. Safety (IEC TC65), Security, other mission-critical
ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7
Industrial
Engineering
Quality
Management
(ISO TC 176)
Project
Management
SOFTWARE and SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
APPLICATION
DOMAINS
(many TCs)
Computer
Sciences and
Engineering
Dependability
Engineering
(IEC TC 56)
Safety (IEC TC65), Security, other mission-critical

10. SC7 Structure SC7 SWG 5 SWG 1 WG1A WG7 WG21 WG25 WG2 WG10 WG22 WG26
Standards Management Group
SWG 5
SWG 1
Business Planning Group
SC7
Secrétariat
IT Governance
WG1A
Life Cycle
Management
WG7
WG21
Software
Asset Management
IT Service
Management
WG25
Systems & Software
Documentation
WG2
Process
Assessment
WG10
Vocabulary
WG22
WG26
Software Testing
Tools and
Environment
WG4
Techniques for
Specifying IT Systems
WG19
Systems Quality Management
WG23
Architecture
WG42
Software Product
Measurement and
Evaluation
WG6
WG20
Software Engineering
Body of Knowledge
SLC Profiles and
Guidelines for VSEs
WG24
CIF Usability
JWG ISO/TC 54
‡ Adapted from Prof. M. Azuma

11. Consensus Defined
ISO Guide 2:2004, Standardization and Related Activities – General Vocabulary
“General agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments. Consensus need not imply unanimity.”
This means:
That all the involved parties were able to voice their views.
That the best effort was made to take into account all of the above views, and resolve all issues (meaning all comments tabled during a ballot).
That nearly all or (ideally) all the parties involved can at least live with the final result.
Source: SC7 Intro Information, Hyderabad 2009

12. ISO Document Life Cycle
EXISTING
STANDARD NP WD
ISO
Standard
Non-ISO
Standard
Fast track process CD
PDAM
PDTR
PDISP
FCD
FPDAM
FPDISP
FDIS
FDAM
DTR
FDISP
DCOR
DIS IS
AMD TR
ISP
COR IS
NP = New work item Proposal
WD = Working Draft
CD = Comittee Draft
FCD = Final Comittee Draft
FDIS = Final Draft International Standard
IS = International Standard
TR = Technical Report
SC7 develops
SC7 controls
ISO controls
ISO edits and publishes
Adapted from: SC7 Secretariat Training for ISO Editors, Hyderabad 2009

13. Evolution of SC7 Portfolio
110
100
Standards Published
Standards Maintained 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009

14. Process Implementation Tools, Methods, and Environment
SC7 Portfolio
Life Cycle
Governance
Assessment and
Certification
Product
Characteristics
9001
24748
Life Cycle Management
Life
Cycle
Systems Engineering
15288
19760
26702
90005
Process Assessment
Quality System
12207
9126
29151
38500
Governance
90003
Governance
20000
24780
90006
IT Service Management
Software Quality
15271
Foundation
25000 Series
(13 Parts)
Software Engineering
24765
Vocabulary
Software Quality
SQuaRE
Asset Mgmt
24774
15289
15910
26512
26513
26514
Life Cycle Management
24748
Very Small Entities
29110
Process Description
14143
19761
20926
20968
24570
29881
BOK and
Professionalism
19759
SWEBOK
29148
42010
Requirements
And
Architecture
15026
16085
29119
14764
Software Maintenance
16326
Project Management
15939
29155
24773
29154
Testing
Software Functional
Size Measurement
Risk and Integrity
Measurement
Process Implementation
and Assessment
Certification
Documentation
3535, , , , 14759
14102, 14471
15940, 18018
23026, 29118
24766
10746, 13235
14750, 14752
14753, 14769
14771, 15414
19500 ,3
8807, 15437
19501, , 19793
24744
14568
15474
15475
15476
19506
Tools and Methods
SC7 Legacy Standards
Tools, Methods, and Environment
Modeling
Interchange
Specifications

15. Bibliography
ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7 Information, Hyderabad, India, May 2009.
ISO/IEC Lifecycle Profiles for Very Small Entities (VSEs) – Part 1: Overview. International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission: Geneva, Switzerland.
ISO/IEC Systems and software engineering - Content of systems and software life cycle process information products (Documentation)