This document provides guidance for organizations in the application of ISO 9001:2015 to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of computer software and related support services. This document does not add to or otherwise change the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. The guidelines provided in this document are not intended to be used as assessment criteria in quality management system registration/certification. The application of this document 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 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 non-software related) of the business. This document identifies the issues that should be addressed and is independent of the technology, life cycle models, development processes, sequence of activities and organizational |