Sidney Vianna
7th August 2008, 04:15 PM
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1150
Organizations wishing to apply the quality management requirements of ISO 9001:2000 to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of IT systems and related support services now have a valuable tool in ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008, Systems engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001 to system life cycle processes.
"Adopting the IT system life cycle processes of ISO/IEC 15288:2002 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?CSNUMBER=27166&ICS1=35&ICS2=80&ICS3=) as a starting point for system development, operation or maintenance, this new technical report identifies those equivalent requirements in ISO 9001:2000 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/management_standards/iso_9000_iso_14000/iso_9000_essentials.htm) that have a bearing on the implementation of ISO/IEC 15288," explained Shigenobu Katoh, convenor of the working group that developed this document. "ISO/IEC 15288, Systems and software engineering – System life cycle processes, offers a portfolio of generic processes for the optimal management of all stages in the life of any product or service, in any sector."
ISO/IEC TR 90005 identifies the issues that should be addressed independent of technology, life cycle models, development processes, sequence of activities or organizational structure. It discusses each activity in ISO/IEC 15288 in terms of how it relates to sections of ISO 9001:2000. The tables enable quick comparison of the different treatment of systems in ISO/IEC 15288 and ISO 9001 and explanatory texts help the user to understand why a particular relationship is cited. The guidelines provided do not in any way add or change the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and are not intended to be used as assessment criteria in quality management system registration or certification.
ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008 is appropriate to systems that are
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.
It recognizes that whilst some organizations may be involved in all of the above activities; others may specialize in one area only. Whatever the situation, an organization's quality management system should cover all aspects of the business – both systems related and non-systems related.
The guidance provided by ISO/IEC TR 90005 is intended for software-intensive systems. According to François Coallier, Chair of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7, "Most of the systems that our society depends upon are either software-intensive or software-critical, i.e. they cannot work without one or many functional software component(s). Automobile systems, for instance, are now in such a category."
For the development, operation and maintenance of software, guidance is given in the companion document ISO/IEC 90003:2004 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=35867), Software engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 to computer software. Further, organizations with quality management systems for developing, operating or maintaining systems based on ISO/IEC TR 90005 may choose to use processes from both ISO/IEC 15288 and ISO/IEC 12207 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43447), Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes, to support or complement the ISO 9001:2000 process model.
ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008, Systems engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001 to system life cycle processes, was prepared by joint technical committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, subcommittee SC 7, Software and systems engineering. It costs 216 Swiss francs and is available from ISO national member institutes (see the complete list (http://www.iso.org/iso/about/iso_members.htm) with contact details) and from ISO Central Secretariat through the ISO Store (http://www.iso.org/iso/store.htm) or by contacting the Marketing & Communication department (see right-hand column).
NOTE: ISO/IEC 15288 has been revised in 2008. However, the change in content is not related to technical aspects but rather to harmonization with ISO/IEC 12207, Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes.
Organizations wishing to apply the quality management requirements of ISO 9001:2000 to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of IT systems and related support services now have a valuable tool in ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008, Systems engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001 to system life cycle processes.
"Adopting the IT system life cycle processes of ISO/IEC 15288:2002 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?CSNUMBER=27166&ICS1=35&ICS2=80&ICS3=) as a starting point for system development, operation or maintenance, this new technical report identifies those equivalent requirements in ISO 9001:2000 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/management_standards/iso_9000_iso_14000/iso_9000_essentials.htm) that have a bearing on the implementation of ISO/IEC 15288," explained Shigenobu Katoh, convenor of the working group that developed this document. "ISO/IEC 15288, Systems and software engineering – System life cycle processes, offers a portfolio of generic processes for the optimal management of all stages in the life of any product or service, in any sector."
ISO/IEC TR 90005 identifies the issues that should be addressed independent of technology, life cycle models, development processes, sequence of activities or organizational structure. It discusses each activity in ISO/IEC 15288 in terms of how it relates to sections of ISO 9001:2000. The tables enable quick comparison of the different treatment of systems in ISO/IEC 15288 and ISO 9001 and explanatory texts help the user to understand why a particular relationship is cited. The guidelines provided do not in any way add or change the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and are not intended to be used as assessment criteria in quality management system registration or certification.
ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008 is appropriate to systems that are
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.
It recognizes that whilst some organizations may be involved in all of the above activities; others may specialize in one area only. Whatever the situation, an organization's quality management system should cover all aspects of the business – both systems related and non-systems related.
The guidance provided by ISO/IEC TR 90005 is intended for software-intensive systems. According to François Coallier, Chair of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7, "Most of the systems that our society depends upon are either software-intensive or software-critical, i.e. they cannot work without one or many functional software component(s). Automobile systems, for instance, are now in such a category."
For the development, operation and maintenance of software, guidance is given in the companion document ISO/IEC 90003:2004 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=35867), Software engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 to computer software. Further, organizations with quality management systems for developing, operating or maintaining systems based on ISO/IEC TR 90005 may choose to use processes from both ISO/IEC 15288 and ISO/IEC 12207 (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43447), Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes, to support or complement the ISO 9001:2000 process model.
ISO/IEC TR 90005:2008, Systems engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001 to system life cycle processes, was prepared by joint technical committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, subcommittee SC 7, Software and systems engineering. It costs 216 Swiss francs and is available from ISO national member institutes (see the complete list (http://www.iso.org/iso/about/iso_members.htm) with contact details) and from ISO Central Secretariat through the ISO Store (http://www.iso.org/iso/store.htm) or by contacting the Marketing & Communication department (see right-hand column).
NOTE: ISO/IEC 15288 has been revised in 2008. However, the change in content is not related to technical aspects but rather to harmonization with ISO/IEC 12207, Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes.
