BS ISO/IEC 19770-8:2020

What is ISO/IEC 19770-8 about?  

ISO/IEC 19770-8 is an International Standard on software and systems engineering. 

ISO/IEC 19770-8 is the eighth part of the multi-series that defines requirements, guidelines, formats, and approaches for use when producing a mapping document that defines how industry practices map to/from the ISO/IEC 19770 series. 

The intention of this ISO/IEC 19770-8 is that the formats defined are applicable to a wide range of industry practices, including both those published by standards bodies, industry organizations, or software publishers, and those defined in a unique manner within organizations. 

Who is ISO/IEC 19770-8 for? 

ISO/IEC 19770-8 on industry mapping for IT asset management is relevant to: 

• IT industry 
• Management in organizations 
• Software publishers 
• Consultants 

Why should you use ISO/IEC 19770-8?  

Industry mapping is an attempt made to plot the whole chain from the first supplier through to the final consumer, examining the relationships of each link in the chain. 

With the high-level purpose of creating the mapping, ISO/IEC 19770-8 helps: 

• As a marketing advantage for the organization in relation to its peers  
• A basis for benchmarking an existing IT asset management scheme against other schemes 
• Simplify the learning curve for the adoption of ISO/IEC 19770-1 with the industry and/or a specific organization 

ISO/IEC 19770-8 is beneficial as it accurately distinguishes the size and layout of the market or industry and helps to recognize and identify strategies that can be optimised, so as to enhance IT governance, quality management systems.