Hironori Washizaki, Juan Garbajosa, “Proposals for the SWEBOK evolution process from the viewpoint of ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7 standardization activities,” IEEE CS SWEBoK Evolution Virtual Town Hall Meeting, Aug 25, 2016 (to appear)

ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7 Software and Systems Engineering, recognized that SWEBOK is an internationally-accepted body of knowledge in software engineering so that ISO/IEC published SWEBOK 2004 and V3 as ISO/IEC technical reports ISO/IEC TR 19759:2005 [ISO19759:2005] and ISO/IEC TR 19759:2015 [ISO19759:2015] respectively. Within SC7, Working Group 20 (WG20) Software and systems bodies of knowledge and professionalization in collaboration with IEEE processed their standardization and publication processes. During these processes, we encountered some issues and considered possible corresponding countermeasures. In this paper, we recommend three countermeasures for further evolution of SWEBOK from the viewpoint of standardization within SC7: 1) Evolution process with active involvement of SC7 and WG20. 2) Alignment with ISO/IEC 24773:2008 [ISO24773] and related standards developed within SC7. 3) Eligibility criteria for knowledge areas based on market recognition such as job offers.