ISO/IEC 15940:2013旨在更新ISO/IEC 15940:2006，以考虑ISO/IEC 12207:2008的变化，并为软件和系统过程添加/完成一套软件工程环境服务。 软件工程环境服务（Software engineering environments services，简称SEE services）指由软件工具部分或完全自动化的服务集合，用于支持系统和软件工程中人类活动的执行。 ISO/IEC 12207:2008描述了获取或开发系统/软件时要执行的一整套过程、活动和任务。它不涉及它们的实现或自动化。 这些活动通常在软件或系统开发/维护项目中进行，涉及系统的规范、开发、重新设计或维护等领域。 ISO/IEC 15940:2013描述了SEE服务，并以适用于一系列组织的方式将其与ISO/IEC 12207:2008相关联。在定义组织的生命周期过程时，用户需要找到软件工程环境提供的适当的自动化级别。这可能会导致建立新的SEE服务或改进现有的SEE服务。 所述SEE服务套件支持ISO/IEC 12207:2008中的过程定义。 其目的是定义一组与ISO/IEC 12207:2008兼容的SEE服务，这些服务既可以用作一般参考，也可以定义自动化软件和系统过程。

ISO/IEC 15940:2013 aims to update ISO/IEC 15940:2006 to take into account the changes of ISO/IEC 12207:2008 and to add/complete the set of Software Engineering Environment services for software and system processes. Software engineering environments services, or SEE services, refers to a collection of services, partially or fully automated by software tools, that are used to support the execution of human activities in systems and software engineering. ISO/IEC 12207:2008 describes a comprehensive set of processes, activities and tasks to be performed when acquiring or developing a system/software. It does not address their implementation or their automation. These activities are usually carried out within a software or system development/maintenance project, and cover such areas as the specification, development, re-engineering or maintenance of systems. ISO/IEC 15940:2013 describes SEE services and relates them to ISO/IEC 12207:2008 in a manner applicable to a range of organizations. In defining a life cycle process for an organization, the user needs to find the appropriate level of automation provided by a software engineering environment. This may result in establishing a new SEE service or improving an existing one. The suite of SEE services described supports the process definitions in ISO/IEC 12207:2008. The purpose is to define a set of SEE services that are compatible with ISO/IEC 12207:2008, and that can be used either as a general reference, or to define an automated software and system process.