Last Updated:
2007-07-02
 

ORGANISATION

Sub-Committee Seven (SC7) is part of the Joint Technical Committee One (JTC 1) of ISO and IEC responsible for the elaboration of Information Technology standards.

Click here for the JTC 1/SC7 History.

Click here for the JTC 1/SC7 Organisation Chart.

JTC 1/SC7 is presided by a Chair and administered and supported by a Secretariat:

JTC1/SC7 Chair JTC1/SC7 Secretariat

 

 

 

François Coallier
Department of IT and Software Engineering
École de technologie supérieure
1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3C 1K3

 

Tel. +1 514 396 8637
Fax. +1 514 396 8405
chair@jtc1-sc7.org

Standards Council of Canada c/o

 

Witold Suryn
Department of IT and Software Engineering
École de technologie supérieure
1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3C 1K3

 

Tel. +1 514 396 865h2
Fax. +1 514 396 8405
secretariat@jtc1-sc7.org

Standards development and maintenance projects are assigned to Working Groups (WG) presided by Conveners.

The following WG are presently active:

WG  SCOPE CONVENER WEB SITE
2 Development of standards for the documentation of software and systems. Richard Hodgkinson UK

 

 YES
4 Development of standards and technical reports for tools and Computer Aided Software/System Engineering (CASE) environments D. Lee - Korea

 

 YES
6 Development of standards and technical reports for software products evaluation and metrics for software products & processes. Motoei Azuma - Japan

(2002 - N2335)

  
7 Development of standards and technical reports on Life Cycle Management. Doug Thiele - Australia

 

 YES
10 Development of standards and guidelines covering methods, practices and application of process assessment in software product procurement, development, delivery, operation, evolution and related service support. Alec Dorling - UK

 

 YES
19

The development of standards to enable the integration of business and IT system specifications, and to facilitate the provision of software and system engineering tools and techniques to implement information systems.

Fundamental to this objective is the recognition that information systems must be realized in an environment where data and processing are distributed across heterogeneous IT resources and multiple organizational domains.

Notes:

In accordance with this objective, WG19 is responsible for standards for rigorously specifying information systems covering:

  1. architectural frameworks for distributed processing systems, defining the structure of system specifications for both complete systems and for specific areas such as naming, security and conformance assessment;
  2. metadata and representations of data for communication by both humans and machines, and the definition of the corresponding interfaces, such as data interchange formats;
  3.  modeling languages for expressing specifications of systems and their integration and distribution, and rules for relating different specifications;
  4. functions to support distributed system operation;

It ensures the evolution of the standards portfolio by:

a.    developing standards and technical reports;

b.    facilitating the processing of PAS and Fast-Track documents in its areas of work;

c.    providing the focal point for collaborative work with OMG and ITU-T on its areas of work, and with other organizations if required (e.g. IEEE).

 Bryan Wood - UK YES
20 Standardization of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Juan Garbajosa - Spain SWEBOK
21 Software Asset Management Process standards development. Roger Wittlock - Sweden

 

 YES
22 Software and Systems Engineering Consolidated Vocabulary. Annette Reilly - USA

 

  
23 Systems Quality Management. Shigenobu Katoh - Japan

 

 YES
24 Software Life Cycles for Very Small Enterprises. Tanin Uthayanaka -  Thailand

 

  
25 IT Operations. Jenny Dugmore -  UK

 

  
26 Software Testing. Dr Stuart Reid - UK

 

  
42 Architecture Johan H Bendz -  Sweden

 

 YES
JWG with ISO/TC54 Common Industry Format for Usability M.F. Theofanos - USA  

Two Special Working Groups (SWG) have been created to handle Business Planning and Architecture:

SWG1 Business Planning Group
Convener François Coallier - SC7 Chairman
 
Scope:

  1. Support the Chair in the elaboration of directions and policies.

  2. Assist the chair in the prompt resolution of issues.

  3. Propose update to the JTC1/SC7 business plans and procedures.

  4. Propose updates to JTC1/SC7 communications function.

  5. Prepare procedures and organization responsibilities to ensure an integrated strategy planning, business planning, and management systems for JTC1/SC7.
     
Members:

  • Mr Doug Thiele (Australia) 

  • Mr Michael Gayle (USA)

  • Mr Jean Bérubé (Canada)

  • Dr. Y. Yamamoto (Japan)

  • Dr. Dan Lee (Korea)

  • Prof. Alastair Walker (South Africa)

  • Mr. Risto Nevalainen (Finland)

  • Mr. Antonio Coletta (Italy)

 

SWG5 Standards Management Group
Chairman

Conveners

François Coallier - SC7 Chairman

Cheryl Jones - USA

Mike Gayle - USA
Scope:

  1. Elaborate and Maintain JTC1/SC7 Architecture standing documents

  2. Provide counsel to JTC1/SC7 Conveners and editors on standards architecture and vocabulary consistency issues

  3. Recommend to JTC1/SC7 standard maintenance strategies

  4. Report on its activities to the JTC1/SC7 BPG and AG

  5. Include in its scope the IEEE systems and software engineering standards collection
     
Members:
  • Kiyoshi Ogawa (Japan)
  • David Kitson (USA)
  • Bud Lawson (Sweden, INCOSE)
  • Terry Rout (Australia)
  • James Moore (IEEE-CS)
  • Peter Fagg (UK)
  • Serge Oligny (Canada)

The following Study Groups are currently active:

 

 

 

  Study Group on ITC Governance

Chair

Co-Chair

Alison Holt (New Zeland)

Ed Lewis (Australia)
Terms of Reference:

JTC 1/SC7 instructs its Secretariat to establish a study group to investigate the possibility of additional standards or guidance in the area of ICT Governance.

As part of the scope of this study group, the direction of future activities will be determined.  This scope is contained in the area of software and systems engineering.

The Study Group shall take into consideration:

Consistency with existing SC7 standards that cover the area of, or have a relationship with, ICT Governance

  • ISO/IEC 16085
  • ISO/IEC 20000

And:

  • ISO 9000
  • ISO 27000
  • ISO 14000

And:

  • AS 8015 (N3463)
  • AS/NZ 4360
  • COBIT

There are several organizations that are working in this area that should be investigated for possible liaisons:

  • ISACA and ITGI
  • TC 207
  • itSMFi
  • Other interested SCs within JTC1

The study group shall make recommendations on changes to existing standards/guidance and/or the creation of new standards or TR

The study group meetings will be co-located with WG25 and will submit a report by 2007-04-15 to SC7.
Members:
  • Alwyn Smit, South Africa
  • Alec Dorling, UK
  • Ian Hirst, Australia
  • Alison Holt, New Zealand
  • David Keech, UK
  • Jenny Dugmore, UK
  • Melanie Cheong, South Africa
  • Beatrix Barafort, Luxembourg
  • Jyrki Lahnalahti, Finland
  • Marc Taillefer, Canada
  • Fred Hoberg, South Africa
  • Ed Lewis, Australia
  • Craig Pattison, itSMFi
  • Darcie Destito, US
  • Gargi Keeni, India
  • Hiroshi Koizumi, Japan

Additional members can be added until 2006-09-15. Nominations must be sent to the SC7 secretariat.

 

 

  Study Group on Software and Systems Benchmarking and Measurement.

Chair

Co-Chair

Pekka Forselius (Finland)

Eberhard Rudolph (Germany)
Terms of Reference:

JTC 1/SC7 instructs its Secretariat to establish a study group to:

  • Investigate the possibility of adopting or developing standards or guidance in the area of Software and Systems Benchmarking and Measurement.

  • Assess how SC7 standards address benchmarking and software and systems measurement issues

  • Look at harmonizing current industry standards such as the draft ISBGS Benchmarking standard into ISO standards

The Study Group shall take into consideration work already completed or in progress by the following types of groups:

  • ISBSG - International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (www.ISBSG.org)

  •  APQC – American Productivity and Quality Centre (www.apqc.org)

  • SPEC Standards Performance Estimation Corporation (www.spec.org)

  • SEI Benchmarking Study (www.sei.cmu.edu)     

  • UKSMA – UK Software measurement association (www.uksma.co.uk)

  • MeLLow -- Meta-Level Learning for sOftWare effort (http://dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ESERG/MeLLow/metalevel_mellow_home.html)

  • IFPUG – International Function Point Users Group (www.ifpug.org)

  • FiSMA – Finnish Software Measurement Association (www.fisma.fi)

 The study group shall make recommendations on changes to existing standards / guidance and/or the creation of new standards or TR.

The study group will meet in Seoul, Korea the week of September 15, 2006 co-located with the annual workshop of the International Software Benchmark Standards Group.

The study group will submit a report by 2007-04-15 to SC7.
Members:
  • Gargi Keeni (India)
  • David Zubrow (USA)
  • Jean-Marc Deharnais (Canada)
  • Tony Rollo (COSMIC)
  • Carol Dekkers(USA)
  • Mitsuhiro Takahashi (Japan)
  • Eberhard Rudolph (Germany)
  • Serge Oligny (Canada)
  • Insoo Hwang (Korea)
  • Pam Morris (Australia)
  • Marie O’Neill (Ireland)
  • Peter Fagg (UK)
  • Pekka Forselius (Finland)
  • Terry Rout (Australia)
  • Yuan Yu Yu (China)
  • Jonathan Earthy (UK)

Additional members can be added until 2006-09-15 to SC7. Nominations must be sent to the SC7 secretariat. The study group encourages the participation of large industry benchmarking organizations.

 

 

  Study Group on Software Product Quality Evaluation Module

Chair

Vipula Godamunne (Australia)
Terms of Reference: JTC1/SC7 instructs its Secretariat to establish a study group to document Software Product Quality Evaluation Module. The terms of reference of this Study Group is to investigate the possibility of documenting an Evaluation Module under ISO/IEC 25041 (currently published as 14598-6) in the area of the reliability characteristic and the recoverability sub-characteristic
 

The study group will submit a report by 2006-10-15 to SC7.
Members:

o Jogen Boegh, Denmark
o Ota Novotny, Czech Republic
o Keum-Suk Lee, Korea
o Peter Shum, Canada
o Kenichi Sakamoto, Japan
o Vipula Godamunne, Australia

Additional members can be added until 2006-06-30. Nominations must be sent to the SC7 secretariat.

 

 

  Study Group on Review of TR 14143-5 – Functional Size Measurement

Chair

Carol Dekkers (US)
Terms of Reference:

JTC1/SC7 instructs its Secretariat to establish a study group to review TR 14143-5:2002 Information Technology – Software Measurement - Functional size measurement.

The terms of reference of this Study Group are to:

  • To what extent is the applicability of this standard broader than its use for Functional Size Measurement
  • To what extent have Functional Domain concepts matured to allow this TR to be transformed into an IS

This study group will submit a report by 2007-01-31 to SC7.

Members:
  •  Eberhard Rudolph(Germany),
  • Marie O’Neill(Ireland),
  • Alison Holt (New Zealand),
  • Pekka Forselius(Finland),
  • Mitsuhiro Takahashi(Japan),
  • Serge Oligny(Canada),
  • Insoo Hwang(Korea),
  • Tony Rollo(COSMIC),
  • Pam Morris(Australia)

Additional members can be added until 2006-09-30. Nominations must be sent to the SC7 secretariat