Report of Liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 James W. Moore, CSDP Liaison Representative Prepared for Presentation to IEEE CS BOG, June 2005

6 June Highlights l ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7, Software and Systems Engineering, is collaborating with IEEE Computer Society to make their standards collections consistent. l Currently, 28 distinct projects are underway in some form. l Four notable projects: l Vocabulary: Single shared vocabulary in publicly accessible database. l System/software life cycle process harmonization: IEEE CS proposal was accepted. l Body of Knowledge: ISO adoption of SWEBOK Guide. l Certification: A world-wide basis for certifying software engineers.

6 June Tangible Results l IEEE Std 1540, Software Risk Management, was accepted via fast-track as ISO/IEC l Shared software maintenance standard is nearing completion. l Fast-track adoption of IEEE Std 2001, Web Practices, is completed pending resolution of minor comments. l ISO publication of SWEBOK Guide will occur real soon now.

6 June Volunteer Participants l Jim Moore (lead) l Annette Reilly (documentation and vocabulary) l Tom Pigoski (maintenance) l Terry Doran (systems engineering) l Mark Henley (project management) l Cheryl Jones (measurement) l Paul Croll (assurance) l Bob Charette (risk management) l Steve Seidman (certification) l Mark Maier (architecture) l Jim Isaak (web practices) l Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Claude LaPorte and others (SWEBOK Guide)

6 June The State of Harmonization in 1994 TopicStatusRemarks TerminologyRed Different vocabulary standards Product quality Yellow Unrelated standards Quality management Orange ISO: Driven down from ISO IEEE: traditional QA approach. Systems engineering Yellow Unrelated standards SW life cycle processes Red Incompatible standards SW process assessment Yellow Nothing in IEEE. ISO process assessment incompatible with ISO LC. SW life cycle data Red Incompatible standards MaintenanceRed MeasurementRed Unrelated standards Risk management No standards at all Configuration management Red Incompatible standards Project management Red Incompatible standards Verification and validation Red Fundamentally different approaches; minor incompatibilities in details CASE tools Yellow Minor incompatibilities User documentation Red Incompatible standards NotationsYellow Standards describe a disjoint set of notations SafetyOrange Unrelated approaches OthersYellow Many unrelated standards

6 June The State of Harmonization … Today TopicStatusRemarks TerminologyYellow Joint project underway to adopt and revise IEEE vocabulary Product quality Yellow ISO/IEC is being improved. IEEE will adopt. Quality management Yellow IEEE is adopting ISO 9000 approach; lots of loose ends Systems engineering Yellow  Harmonization and cross-adoption of standards underway SW life cycle processes Green But some loose ends remain SW process assessment Yellow  Harmonization underway between WG7 and WG10 SW life cycle data Yellow Development of shared standard seems possible Maintenance Yellow  Project to merge IEEE and ISO standards is nearly complete MeasurementYellow Project planned for shared measurement process standard Risk management Green Configuration management Yellow SC7 withdrew its process standard; systems issues remain Project management Yellow New project to merge the incompatible standards Verification and validation Red Fundamentally different approaches; minor incompatibilities in details CASE tools Yellow Minor incompatibilities User documentation Yellow Unrelated standards; discussion underway NotationsYellow Standards describe a disjoint set of notations Safety Orange  Unrelated approaches. Study group had promising results. OthersYellow Many unrelated standards

6 June A Success Story: Harmonization of SW Engineering Standards and Professional Development SE2004 Curriculum Selected International Standards SWEBOK Guide CSDP Study Material CSDP Online Course CSDP Exam Strong Compatibility IEEE Standards IEEE-CS SWE Book Series Strong Compatibility Substantial Consistency International basis for Certification ?