ISBN : 978-81-963532-2-3 (E-Book) carmanufacturing industries where one can see a product being developed through variousstagessuchasfittingengine,fittingdoors,etc.Therefore,itiseasytoaccuratelydetermine how much work has been completed and to estimate how much more time willittake. During software development, the only raw material consumed is data. In contrast, largequantitiesof raw materials areconsumedduringthedevelopment ofanyotherproduct. NeedforobtainingISO9000certification ThereisamadscrambleamongsoftwaredevelopmentorganizationsforobtainingISOcertification due to the benefits it offers. Some benefits that can be acquired to organizations byobtainingISO certification areasfollows: Confidence of customers in an organization increaseswhenorganization qualifiesforISOcertification.Thisisespeciallytrueintheinternationalmarket.Infact,manyorga nizationsawardinginternationalsoftwaredevelopmentcontractsinsistthatthedevelopment organization have ISO 9000 certification. For this reason, it is vital forsoftwareorganizationsinvolvedin softwareexportto obtainISO9000certification. ISO 9000 requires a well-documented software production process to be in place. A welldocumented software production process contributes to repeatable and higher quality ofthedeveloped software. ISO9000makesthedevelopmentprocessfocused,efficient, andcost-effective. ISO 9000 certification points out the weak points of an organization and recommendsremedialaction. ISO 9000 sets the basic framework for the development of an optimal process and TotalQualityManagement (TQM). summaryofISO9001certification AsummaryofthemainrequirementsofISO9001astheyrelateofsoftwaredevelopmentisasfollows.Section numbers inbrackets correspond to thosein thestandard itself: ManagementResponsibility(4.1) Themanagementmust haveaneffectivequalitypolicy. The responsibility and authority of all those whose work affects quality must be definedanddocumented. Amanagementrepresentative,independentofthedevelopmentprocess,mustberesponsible for the quality system. This requirement probably has been put down so thattheperson 130 Software Engineering Keerthana P, Manasa KN, Ganga D Bengal
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