WIT Press


Installing An ISO 9001 Accredited Software Quality Management System

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

4

Pages

14

Published

1993

Size

1,388 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SQM930021

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

P.W. Chan

Abstract

Installing an ISO 9001 accredited software quality management system P.W. Chan Gf 0 Boz ^7^7, MeZbowTze, Fzcform Australia ABSTRACT In 1987 the ISO adopted five standards for quality that collectively known as the ISO 9000 series. The ISO standards have since gained much recognition and acceptance amongst countries in the world as the benchmark for quality and an important vehicle for process improvement. Over two dozen countries have now adopted their national version of these standards, and others are likely to do so. The ISO 9001 [1] has been the most appropriate and sought after quality standard in the information technology industry. In this paper an approach on how to install an ISO 9001 accredited software quality management system (SQMS) will be examined which includes a SQMS development methodology; a documentation structure needed to apply the SQMS to specific projects; and a compliance model taking a four prong strategy of quality assurance, manage

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