ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT Service Management and IT Governance is a standardization subcommittee of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 develops and facilitates the development of international standards, technical reports, and technical specifications within the fields of IT service management and IT governance, with a focus in IT activity such as audit, digital forensics, governance, risk management, outsourcing, service operations and service maintenance. The international secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC  1/SC 40 is Standards Australia (SA), located in Australia. History. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 was formed at the November 2013, 28th JTC 1 Plenary held in Perros-Guirec, France. The subcommittee was established via Resolution 21 from this meeting, and its scope, secretariat, and possible liaisons determined. The new subcommittee combines the work of ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG 8 Governance of IT, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 25 IT service management, and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 27 IT enabled services/BPO (ITES/BPO). Scope. The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1 /SC 40 is: "Standardization of IT Service Management and IT Governance" Develop standards, tools, frameworks, best practices and related documents for IT Service Management and IT Governance, including areas of IT activity such as audit, digital forensics, governance, risk management, outsourcing, service operations and service maintenance, but excluding subject matter covered under the scope and existing work programs of JTC 1/SC 27 and JTC 1/SC 38. The work will initially cover: Structure. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 is made up of three working groups (WGs), three study groups (SGs), and one advisory group (AG), each of which  carries out specific tasks in standards development within the field of IT Service Management and IT Governance. The focus of each working group is described in the group’s terms of reference. The working groups, study groups, and advisory group of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 are: Collaborations. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO or IEC, in order to avoid conflicting or duplicative work. Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC  1/SC 40 include: Organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 include: Member countries. Countries pay a fee to ISO to be members of subcommittees. The 28 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States of America The 10 "O" (observing) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1 /SC 40 are: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Switzerland, and Uruguay. Standards. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 currently has 11 published standards, as well as various other standards or technical reports under development within the field of IT service-management and IT governance. These include: