Software is now ubiquitous and an extremely important element in almost any technology and technology based systems.  The market demand for quickly produced, reliable yet easily modifiable, globally accessible yet managed and controlled software and systems is making a significant demand on the software and systems engineering community. The scope of SC 7 includes:

Standardization that covers the processes, supporting tools and supporting technologies for the engineering of software products and systems. 
Produce generic standards that are technology agnostics and independent of the application domain. These standards are principally focused on process models and good practices (methods and techniques).

ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC 7 has considered the current market trends and understood that businesses are under significant pressure to digitally transform themselves. These represent software and systems engineering challenges on a grand scale. Addressing the market needs and the engineering challenges, ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 7 has put its focus on areas and created its work program accordingly.
 

SCOPE

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.