ISO 10007 Updated for Configuration Management Quality

ISO 10007, Quality management – Guidelines for configuration management, has just been updated.  The new 3rd Edition cancels and replaces the previous 2nd Edition from 2003.  It has been released in order to bring the requirements in line with the ISO 9000 and ISO 9001 2015 Editions.

Configuration management is used to meet product and service identification and traceability requirements, like those in ISO 9001 subclause 8.5.2.  It is the management and control of information for product or service  design, manufacture, verification, operation and/or support.  It makes use of such tools as change control, status accounting, and configuration audits.  It is a management activity with both technical and administration requirements, used over the lifecycle of a product or process.

Like other quality management standards, the document begins with the usual scope, referenced documents, and definition sections.  Then responsibilities and authorities for configuration management are reviewed in Section 4.  Clause 5 covers the configuration management process itself.  Annex A provides information on the structure and content of a configuration management plan.  A 3-item bibliography completes this 18 page standard.

Configuration management is a critical activity in many organizations, both large and small.  The standard can be used by them all to improve performance.  And certainly if you’re ISO 9001 certified and are using this standard, you’ll need a copy of the new ISO 10007 2015.

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The original 1st Edition of ISO 10007 was adopted as an EN standard.  However, when the ISO 10007 was revised in 2003, the adoption was dropped.  It is not clear if the new edition will be part of the European standards set with this new release.

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