Quality Snapshot
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 aims to produce standards of high and consistent quality. In particular, the following quality goals apply to the work of SC4:
- each SC 4 standard shall be complete;
- each SC 4 standard shall be fully comprehensible to those who review the technical content of the standard, implement the standard in software products, test implementations of the standard, and deploy standards-based software products in industry;
- each SC 4 standard shall be developed, reviewed, approved, and published within the timescales laid down by ISO Technical Management Board and by SC 4;
- each SC 4 standard shall conform to ISO and SC 4-approved directives for the structure and content of standards;
- each SC 4 standard shall conform to ISO and SC 4-approved directives for presenting standards.
Quality Management & Quality Assurance
Lack of quality in a proposed standard impedes adequate technical review, increases the likelihood for misunderstanding, and causes delays in adopting the standard. SC 4 projects focus attention on quality in two places:
- the processes, procedures, tools, and techniques that ensure quality in the developing standards;
- inspecting the draft standard at specific points during its development.
Each SC 4 project applies quality management through accepted development methods, procedures, and assessments designed to achieve quality in the product as the team develops it.
The project team performs quality assurance through in-process or post-production inspections that are performed with a different set of procedures. Quality assurance procedures only address evaluating the characteristics of a standard, as opposed to all aspects of developing the standard.
Quality Snapshot reports are coming soon.