Welcome to the Official website for the WG21 group for ISO19770
Submitted by admin on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 12:37This is the website for the SAM Standards Working Group (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 WG21). This website is an interim website pending the roll-out of a new one planned for 2010. Please email enquiries@19770.org if you experience any problems with it or have questions.
WG21 Other Working Groups (OWGs)
Submitted by dpbicket on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 16:50WG21 has formed a number of 'Other Working Groups' with remits to drive the development of standards related to Software Asset Management, conduct investigations into the need for and requirements of potential standards, and to drive evangelism of Software Asset Management. You may contact most of these OWGs directly if you are interested in their respective areas of responsibility.
The following OWGs exist as of 30 October 2009:
Development Process for ISO/IEC Standards for SAM
Submitted by dpbicket on Wed, 08/10/2008 - 07:32This article provides an overview of how the ISO/IEC standards-making process works, in particular for Software Asset Management ('SAM') standards, for the benefit of individuals who may wish to become more involved. If you are a passionate professional with a strong sense of social responsibility, then you can find fulfillment in the world of standards. Furthermore, you have much to gain in the process. There is a productive exchange between people with varied skills, knowledge and experience, and valuable learning is on offer for all involved.
Software and IT Asset Management Standards: Benefits for Organizations and Individuals
Submitted by dpbicket on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 12:47The subject of standards can arouse passions in a few people, but for others it is mindânumbingly boring. Nonetheless, our lives are dominated by standards – even currencies are really standards, alternatives to the gold standard. If we did not have such standards, the business world as we know it would not exist, and our social and personal worlds would also be turned upside down.
