Introduction to ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7

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Introduction to ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7
Department of Software and IT Engineering

• Prepared by Claude Y Laporte, Eng., Ph D
• Editor ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 Working Group 24
• École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Canada

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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, 15504 standards
• Present how compliance to an ISO/IEC standard is
  demonstrated using ISO/IEC 15504 standard
• Present an overview of ISO/IEC 29110 Standards
  and Technical Reports

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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, 15504 standards
• Present how compliance to an ISO/IEC standard is
  demonstrated using ISO/IEC 15504 standard
• Overview of ISO/IEC 29110 Standards and Technical
  Reports

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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

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International Standards Organizations
ISO
IEC
UN/ITU-T
CS/ITTF
JTC 1
TC176
TC56
SC65A
Quality Management Information
Technology Dependability
Functional Safety
SC7
SC6
SC27
SC37
Systems and Software Engineering
Telecommunications
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
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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
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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
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ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7 History
1987 Formation of JTC 1/ SC7 1991 Name changed
to Software Engineering 1995 Publication of
ISO/IEC 12207 - 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 9000-3 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 15288 System Life-Cycle
2005 Publication of ISO/IEC 19759 (SWEBOK)
Publication of ISO/IEC 20000 - IT Service
Management 2008 Publication of an harmonized
edition of 12207 and 15288 Publication of
ISO/IEC 38500 - IT Governance
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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
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SC7 Structure
SC7
Secrétariat
Adapted from Prof. M. Azuma
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Consensus Defined

• ISO Guide 22004, 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
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ISO Document Life Cycle
EXISTING STANDARD
NP
Non-ISO Standard
ISO Standard
WD
Fast track process
CD
PDISP
PDTR
PDAM
FCD
FPDISP
FPDAM
DCOR
FDIS
FDISP
DTR
DIS
FDAM
COR
ISP
IS
TR
AMD
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
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Evolution of SC7 Portfolio
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
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SC7 Portfolio
Life Cycle
Governance
Assessment and Certification
Product Characteristics
9001
Quality System
9126 1459814756
29151 38500
Governance
SoftwareQuality
Governance
Foundation
25000 Series (13 Parts)
SoftwareEngineering
24765
Software Quality SQuaRE
Vocabulary
24774
6592 9127 9294 15289 15910 18019
26511 26512 26513 26514
Process Description
14143 19761 20926 20968 24570 29881
BOK and Professionalism
19759
15939 29155
15026 16085
29119
SWEBOK
24773 29154
Testing
Software Functional Size Measurement
Measurement
Risk and Integrity
Process Implementation and Assessment
Certification
Documentation
14102, 14471 15940, 18018 23026, 29118 24766
3535, 5806 5807, 8631 8790, 11411 12182, 14759
10746, 13235 14750, 14752 14753, 14769 14771,
15414 19500 19770-2,3
14568 15474 15475 15476 19506
8807, 15437 19501, 19505 15909, 19793 24744
Tools and Methods
Tools, Methods, and Environment
SC7 Legacy Standards
Modeling
Interchange
Specifications
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Bibliography

• ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC7 Information, Hyderabad, India,
  May 2009.
• ISO/IEC 29110 - Lifecycle Profiles for Very Small
  Entities (VSEs) Part 1 Overview. International
  Organization for Standardization/International
  Electrotechnical Commission Geneva, Switzerland.
• ISO/IEC 15289 Systems and software engineering -
  Content of systems and software life cycle
  process information products (Documentation)