ISO 16350:2015为应用程序管理过程建立了一个通用框架，其中包含定义良好的术语，可供软件行业参考。它包含从供应商组织的角度来看，在操作和使用阶段适用的过程、活动和任务，以增强、维护和更新应用软件和软件相关产品，如数据结构、体系结构、设计和其他文档。它适用于应用程序的供应、维护和更新，无论是针对使用应用程序的组织在内部还是外部执行。

ISO 16350:2015 establishes a common framework for application management processes with well-defined terminology that can be referenced by the software industry. It contains processes, activities, and tasks that apply during the stage of operation and use from the point of view of the supplier organization that enhances, maintains, and renews the application software and the software-related products such as data-structures, architecture, designs, and other documentation. It applies to the supply, maintenance, and renewal of applications, whether performed internally or externally with respect to the organization that uses the applications.