Six
I am going to put all of my money on 6. I am going to bet that the next version of ISO 9001 will require 6 documented procedures since the Design Speciification for ISO 9001:2000 is for an Amendment where the impact is to be limited and no requirements should change.
From the Design Specification:
The following requirements shall apply to the amendment process:
· The model and process approach shall be maintained as defined in ISO 9001:2000 (see Sections 6.0 Model and 7.0 Structure).
· The amended standard shall remain generic and be applicable to all sizes and types of organization operating in any sector.
· The compatibility with ISO 14001:2004 shall be maintained and be enhanced, if possible.
· The consistency between ISO 9001 and ISO 9004 shall be maintained (see Section 5.0).
· The changes shall be restricted so that the impact of the amendment on the users is limited, and also that changes will only be introduced where there are clear benefits to users.
· The ISO 9001:2000 support package should be used to assist the writers in identifying issues for clarification.
· Drafts of the amended standard shall be subjected to verification against the design specification, and to validation by users
Regards,
Dirk