International Organization for Standardization

Software engineering - Guidelines for the application of  9001:2000 to computer software - First Edition
 N ISO/IEC 90003

Annotation

General

This International Standard provides guidance for organizations in the application of ISO 9001:2000 to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of computer software and related support services. It does not add to or otherwise change the requirements of ISO 9001:2000.

Annex A (informative) provides a table pointing to additional guidance in the implementation of ISO 9001:2000 available in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 and ISO/TC 176 standards.

The guidelines provided in this International Standard are not intended to be used as assessment criteria in quality management system registration/certification.

Application

The application of this International Standard is appropriate to software that is

— part of a commercial contract with another organization,

— a product available for a market sector,

— used to support the processes of an organization,

— embedded in a hardware product, or

— related to software services.

Some organizations may be involved in all of the above activities; others may specialize in one area. Whatever the situation, the organization’s quality management system should cover all aspects (software related and nonsoftware related) of the business.