IET Software is a fully open access journal that publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of the software lifecycle, including design, development, implementation and maintenance. The focus of the journal is on the methods used to develop and maintain software, and their practical application. 

Authors are especially encouraged to submit papers on the following topics, although papers on all aspects of software engineering are welcome: 

Software and systems requirements engineering 
Formal methods, design methods, practice and experience 
Software architecture, aspect and object orientation, reuse and re-engineering 
Testing, verification and validation techniques 
Software dependability and measurement 
Human systems engineering and human-computer interaction 
Knowledge engineering; expert and knowledge-based systems, intelligent agents 
Information systems engineering 
Application of software engineering in industry and commerce 
Software engineering technology transfer 
Management of software development 
Theoretical aspects of software development 
Machine learning 
Big data and big code 
Cloud computing