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Standardization of processes, supporting tools and supporting technologies for the engineering of software products and systems.

Note: The processes, tools and technologies are within the scope of JTC1 terms of references and exclude specific tools and technologies that have been assigned by JTC1 to other of its SC's.

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7
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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 271 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
222

Published ISO standards *

42

ISO standards under development *

37
Participating members
26
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 1   Chair’s Advisory Group Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 2   Business planning group Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 3   Communications and outreach Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 4   Standards management Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AG 5   Architecture and future watch Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AHG 7   Open source software Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AHG 9   AI-based software development Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AHG 10   Green software Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/AHG 11   Low code development Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/JWG 28   Joint ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 - ISO/TC 159/SC 4 WG: Common industry formats for usability-related information Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 2   System software documentation Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 4   Tools and environment Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 6   Software Product and System Quality Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 7   Life cycle management Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 10   Process assessment Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 19   Techniques for Specifying IT Systems Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 20   Software and systems bodies of knowledge and professionalization Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 21   Information technology asset management Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 22   Vocabulary validation Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 24   Systems and software standards for Very Small Entities Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 26   Software testing Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 29   Agile and DevOps Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 30   Systems resilience Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 42   Architecture Working group
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference Title
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 2 Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 42 - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7 : Testing of AI-based systems
ISO/TC 159/SC 4/JWG 28 Joint ISO/TC 159/SC 4 - ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 WG: Common industry formats for usability related information
Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/SC 62A Common aspects of medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
IEC/ISO JTC 3 Quantum technologies ISO/IEC
IEC/SyC Smart Cities Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities IEC
IEC/TC 56 Dependability IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of things and digital twin ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 14 Space systems and operations ISO
ISO/TC 22/SC 32 Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects ISO
ISO/TC 37 Language and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 4 Technical interoperability ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 4 Ergonomics of human-system interaction ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 Supporting technologies ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 5 Interoperability, integration, and architectures for enterprise systems and automation applications ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 56 Dependability IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Biometrics ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of things and digital twin ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 22/SC 32 Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 4 Ergonomics of human-system interaction ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 184 Automation systems and integration ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO
ISO/TC 251 Asset management ISO
ISO/TC 279 Innovation management ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc A
INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering A
ISACA Information Systems Audit and Control Association A
itSMF The IT Service Management Forum Belgium v.z.w. A
ITU International Telecommunication Union A
OMG Object Management Group A
PMI Project Management Institute A
SBS - Small Business Standards Small Business Standards A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
BSA Business Software Alliance (BSA) C
ESI software (Tecnalia Research & Innovation) European Software Institute (Tecnalia Research & Innovation) C
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute C
IAITAM International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers, Inc. C
IEA - engineering International Engineering Alliance C
ISTQB International Software Testing Qualifications Board C
ITAM Forum ITAM Forum C
ITAM.ORG ITAM.ORG C
ITAMOrg ITAMOrg C
LEADing Practice LEADing Practice C
Open Group The Open Group C
SAMAC The Association of Software Asset Management Assessment and Certification C
SFIA Foundation The SFIA Foundation C
TCG Trusted Computing Group C
The SPICE User Group The SPICE User Group (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination) User Group C
TMMi Test Maturity Model (TMMi) foundation C
VDA Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA)/German Association of the Automotive Industry C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
8-13 June 2025 Bangkok (Thailand) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 **
  December 2025 Virtual () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 **
  May 2026 () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 **
  May-June 2026 () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 **
  December 2026 Virtual () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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