iso9000-3-digest Thursday, January 15 1998 Volume 02 : Number 004
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:52:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Casti, CQA (System Administrator)"
Subject: Non-member submission from [Mohamed Fayad ] (fwd)
NOTE: Respond *both* to the poster's address (see BELOW line reading
"Forwarded Message") and to the list's posting address, OR as directed in
the posting, but definitely NOT to me.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Bill
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:37:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Mohamed Fayad
To: iso9000-3@quality.org
Subject: Process Column
Hello all,
I am writing a column for the Communications of ACM. The column title is
Thinking OObjectively.
My first column was published Sept. 97 "Software Development Process:
The Necessary Evil."
My second column is published Nov. 97 "Process Assessments Considered
Wasteful." All the observations raised in this column must be addressed
by any assessment model.
You can also obtain both columns from my web site:
http://www.cs.unr.edu/~fayad
Click on Publications and click on Columns.
Both columns received a large number of responses.
My next column will be published in January 98.
Please let me know what do you think.
Cheers,
M. Fayad
fayad@cs.unr.edu
URL: http://www.cs.unr.edu/~fayad
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:02:10 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Casti, CQA (System Administrator)"
Subject: re: New at QUALITY.ORG
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 09:43:45 -0700
From: Arnold Miller
Subject: Q: ISO 9000 Lead Assesor Courses
To: ISO 9000-3 e-mail list
Are there particular RAB accredited registrars that give better,
or more widely recognized, Lead Assessor certification courses?
People in the Boulder ASQ section (1313) are looking to get certified.
- --- Arnold Miller (miller@SignalSoftCorp.com) 303-443-7006 x 19
- --- ASQ Section 1313's ISO-9000 person
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:22:55 -0700
From: Arnold Miller
Subject: Q: MKS Source Integrity
TO: ISO 9000-3 e-mail list
Subj: Information & Evaluation of MKS Source Integrity
This is a request on behalf of ASQ section 1313 member Nancy Brzycki.
Her company, Respironics, is looking in to MKS Source Integrity for their
engineering department to do Source Code Management and wants some
information, feed-back and evaluation of this product. Before they buy it.
She does not what Computer Platform or Computer Environment,
the engineering department has. The Quality department use Win95 or NT.
You can response to myself or Nancy Brzycki.
I will forward all response messages to her.
Nancy Brzycki's e-mail is "Nancy.Brzycki@respironics.com"
FYI: The MKS web site is "http://www.mks.com"
- --- Arnold Miller (miller@SignalSoftCorp.com) 303-443-7006 x 19
- --- ASQ Section 1313's ISO-9000 person
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 05:23:48 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Casti, CQA (System Administrator)"
Subject: FYI: Class (fwd)
NOTE: If interested in the information described below, use the contact
information provided therein to access it. Do NOT respond to the list's
address (or to mine).
Thanks.
Bill
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 97 10:10:55 -0600
Subject: Class
"Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City is offering an online
course this upcoming Spring semester entitled, "Introduction to Total
Quality". The course will begin 12 Jan 1998 and end 10 May 1998. The
course will be facilitated by OSU-OKC faculty and worth 3 credit
hours. It is a web based course, so you can take the course at your
leisure as long as it is finished by 10 May 1998. For more information
or to enroll, e-mail Mike DeLong at: mdelong@okway.okstate.edu or
call (405) 945-8611."
Mike DeLong
Assistant Professor
Quality Assurance/Management
(405) 945-8611
E-mail: mdelong@okway.okstate.edu
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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:17:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Casti, CQA (System Administrator)"
Subject: Non-member submission from [Bill Deibler ] (fwd)
NOTE: Respond *both* to the poster's address (see BELOW line reading
"Forwarded Message") and to the list's posting address, OR as directed in
the posting, but definitely NOT to me.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Bill
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:14:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Deibler
To: Arnold Miller , Nancy.Brzycki@respironics.com
CC: iso9000-3@quality.org, JENNEJOHNN@UWSTOUT.EDU
Subject: Re: Q: MKS Source Integrity/White Papers Available.
Arnold Miller wrote:
>
> TO: ISO 9000-3 e-mail list
> Subj: Information & Evaluation of MKS Source Integrity
> This is a request on behalf of ASQ section 1313 member Nancy Brzycki.
>
> Her company, Respironics, is looking in to MKS Source Integrity for their
> engineering department to do Source Code Management and wants some
> information, feed-back and evaluation of this product. Before they buy it.
> She does not what Computer Platform or Computer Environment,
> the engineering department has. The Quality department use Win95 or NT.
>
> You can response to myself or Nancy Brzycki.
> I will forward all response messages to her.
> Nancy Brzycki's e-mail is "Nancy.Brzycki@respironics.com"
>
> FYI: The MKS web site is "http://www.mks.com"
>
> --- Arnold Miller (miller@SignalSoftCorp.com) 303-443-7006 x 19
> --- ASQ Section 1313's ISO-9000 person
Arnold/Nancy,
My partner and I wrote two papers, one of the regarding configuration
management and how MKS's Source Integrity product addresseses CM needs.
The other is a generic paper on CM and ISO 9001. They are both
available on MKS's web site. We did an independent evaluation of the
product and believe it to be a strong candidate for cross platform
development.
The papers and links are:
Configuration Management and ISO 9001
http://www.mks.com/solution/si/2134.htm
and
MKS Source Integrity Version 7.3 and ISO 9001
http://www.mks.com/solution/si/2132.htm
Hope these papers are of use to you.
Sincerely,
Bill
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Bill Deibler SSQC
http://www.ssqc.com 2269 Sunny Vista Drive
Phone (408) 985-4476 Fax 248-SSQC San Jose, CA 95128
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:35:41 -0600
From: ctluk1@mmm.com
Subject: TickIT Guide
Is there anyone that can spare me a copy of TickIT guide? I need it
before Jan 5. When I put in the order last week thru a certification
body in UK (BSI), I was told that it will take 6 weeks for delivery.
Please give a call at 612-733-8009 if you can help me out. My e-mail
address is ctluk1@mmm.com
Thanks,
Cathy Luk
3M
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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 10:08:45 -0600
From: ctluk1@mmm.com
Subject: TickIt Guide Responses
My sincere thanks to all who responded to my request for a copy of the
TickIT guide, particularly the gentleman who is lending me his copy
until I receive my own.
Merry Christmas!
Cathy Luk
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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 15:43:36 +1100
From: Peter Teng
Subject: Update to ISO 9000-3
Anyone know about any update to ISO 9000-3:1991?
Since ISO 9001 has been revised in 1994, I thought as guidelines, ISO
9000-3:1991 would be outdated.
Standards Australia (http://www.standards.com.au) has published guidelines
for software industry as AS/NZS 3905.8:1996 Is this guidelines accepted by
international communities. Will it be adopted by ISO?
Peter Teng
email: peter.teng@ot.com.au
OPEN TECHNOLOGY
_--_|\ Intelligent Networks Group
/ \ Level 2, 53 Walker Street,
\_.--. _* North Sydney, Australia, 2060
v Phone:(612)9964 9633 Fax:(612)9929 8477
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:26:43 -0500
From:
Subject: RE: Update to ISO 9000-3
Nope, it is the conflict we all have to live with until they issue an
updated joint set, presumably in the 1999 time frame. See
www.software.org/quagmire for more.
Sarah Sheard
Sarah Sheard Senior Systems Engineer
Software Productivity Consortium sheard@software.org
2214 Rock Hill Rd, Herndon VA 20170 (703) 742-7106
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Teng [SMTP:peter.teng@ot-link.ot.com.au]
>Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 11:44 PM
>To: iso9000-3@quality.org
>Subject: Update to ISO 9000-3
>
>
>Anyone know about any update to ISO 9000-3:1991?
>
>Since ISO 9001 has been revised in 1994, I thought as guidelines, ISO
>9000-3:1991 would be outdated.
>
>Standards Australia (http://www.standards.com.au) has published guidelines
>for software industry as AS/NZS 3905.8:1996 Is this guidelines accepted by
>international communities. Will it be adopted by ISO?
>
>
>Peter Teng
>email: peter.teng@ot.com.au
> OPEN TECHNOLOGY
> _--_|\ Intelligent Networks Group
>/ \ Level 2, 53 Walker Street,
>\_.--. _* North Sydney, Australia, 2060
> v Phone:(612)9964 9633 Fax:(612)9929 8477
>_________________________________________________________
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:06:55 -0700
From: Arnold Miller
Subject: RE: Update to ISO 9000-3 & Australia Standards
Just back from the ISO web site "http://www.iso.ch" with information
about ISO 9000-3. There is a 1997 version with the description:
"ISO 9000-3:1997
Quality management and quality assurance standards -- Part 3:
Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:1994 to the development,
supply, installation and maintenance of computer software
Edition: 2 (monolingual)
Number of pages: 32
Price code: P
Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 176 / SC 2
ICS: 03.120.10
Descriptors: computer software, implementation, international
standards, quality assurance, quality assurance programme, quality
assurance systems, quality management, rules (instructions),
standards
Last updated on 1998-01-03
"
Other ISO 9000 type standards released in 1997 via web page
"http://www.iso.ch/cate/0312010.html"
ISO 9000-2:1997 Quality management and quality assurance
standards -- Part 2: Generic guidelines for the application
of ISO 9001, ISO 9002 and ISO 9003
ISO 10006:1997 Quality management -- Guidelines to quality
in project management
ISO 10012-2:1997 Quality assurance for measuring equipment
-- Part 2: Guidelines for control of measurement processes
ISO/TR 13352:1997 Guidelines for interpretation of ISO 9000
series for application within the iron ore industry
I do not know if the Australia Standard AS/NZS 3905.8:1996 is
the same or different from the ISO standard.
The Australia Standard web site "http://www.standards.com.au"
also 9000 guide lines for various industries. These are:
AS 3905.1-1991 Quality system guidelines -
Guidelines to AS 3901/NZS 9001/ISO 9001 for
chemical and allied industries
AS/NZS 3905.2:1997 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001, AS/NZS ISO 9002, and
AS/NZS ISO 9003 for construction
AS/NZS 3905.3:1994 Quality system guidelines -
Guide for the hospitality industry
AS/NZS 3905.4:1995 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to quality system Standards AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 and
AS/NZS ISO 9002:1994 for the pressure equipment industry
AS/NZS 3905.5:1995 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 for education and training
AS/NZS 3905.6:1995 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 for the legal profession
AS/NZS 3905.7:1995 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 for the road freight
transport industry
AS/NZS 3905.8:1996 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 for the software industry
AS 3905.9-1996 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 for telecommunications
call charging and call billing
AS 3905.10-1997 Quality system guidelines -
Guide to AS/NZS ISO 9001:1994 for the finance industry
- --- Arnold Miller (miller@SignalSoftCorp.com) 303-443-7006 x 19
- -----Begin Original Message-----
From: Peter Teng [SMTP:peter.teng@ot-link.ot.com.au]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 9:44 PM
To: iso9000-3@quality.org
Subject: Update to ISO 9000-3
Anyone know about any update to ISO 9000-3:1991?
Since ISO 9001 has been revised in 1994, I thought as guidelines,
ISO 9000-3:1991 would be outdated.
Standards Australia (http://www.standards.com.au) has published
guidelines for software industry as AS/NZS 3905.8:1996 Is this
guidelines accepted by international communities. Will it be
adopted by ISO?
Peter Teng
email: peter.teng@ot.com.au
- -----End Original Message-----
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:12:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Deibler
Subject: RE: Update to ISO 9000-3
Once again....a consultant speaks without checking the issue thoroughly.
I would agree that there is chaos in the standards world as I've worked on
numerous standards projects. In fact, our company has developed and has
offered courses since 1992 that compare and contrast standards such as ISO
9000 and the CMM, therefore I am intimately aware of the confusion.
I am however, surprised, Susan, that you were unaware of the activity
related to ISO9000-3 if you claim to have researched the standards
"quagmire" as you call it, so carefully.
Check out the following link on the ISO Web Site:
http://www.iso.ch/cate/d26364.html
ISO 9000-3:1997
Quality management and quality assurance standards -- Part 3: Guidelines
for the application of ISO 9001:1994 to the development, supply,
installation and maintenance of computer software
Edition: 2 (monolingual)
Number of pages: 32
Price code: P
Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 176 / SC 2
ICS: 03.120.10
Descriptors: computer software, implementation, international standards,
quality assurance, quality assurance programme, quality assurance systems,
quality
management, rules (instructions), standards
Last updated on 1998-01-03
Although this version of ISO 9000-3 does have warts, it has been updated
to take into account the 1994 version of 9001. Probably the most
significant change is the clause by clause alignment with 9001 to make it
more readable. There are other changes that are a wee bit disconcerting,
but I'll leave that to another post....which is more extensive.
Let's get the facts straight on the standards before we lambast them
entirely. A little research would have told you about the ISO TC 176 SC2
and ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 work that was done on this standard.
I suggest that anyone that is interested on the release of standards
consult ISO's homepage.
By the way, check with your national standards body (e.g. ANSI/ASQ) on
availability of ISO 9000-3 in your area. ANSI has not received copies yet
but they should be soon. They still have a listing for the 1996 DIS on
their website.
bill
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Bill Deibler SSQC
http://www.ssqc.com 2269 Sunny Vista Drive
Phone (408) 985-4476 Fax 248-SSQC San Jose, CA 95128
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998 sheard@software.org wrote:
> Nope, it is the conflict we all have to live with until they issue an
> updated joint set, presumably in the 1999 time frame. See
> www.software.org/quagmire for more.
> Sarah Sheard
>
> Sarah Sheard Senior Systems Engineer
> Software Productivity Consortium sheard@software.org
> 2214 Rock Hill Rd, Herndon VA 20170 (703) 742-7106
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Peter Teng [SMTP:peter.teng@ot-link.ot.com.au]
> >Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 11:44 PM
> >To: iso9000-3@quality.org
> >Subject: Update to ISO 9000-3
> >
> >
> >Anyone know about any update to ISO 9000-3:1991?
> >
> >Since ISO 9001 has been revised in 1994, I thought as guidelines, ISO
> >9000-3:1991 would be outdated.
> >
> >Standards Australia (http://www.standards.com.au) has published guidelines
> >for software industry as AS/NZS 3905.8:1996 Is this guidelines accepted by
> >international communities. Will it be adopted by ISO?
> >
> >
> >Peter Teng
> >email: peter.teng@ot.com.au
> > OPEN TECHNOLOGY
> > _--_|\ Intelligent Networks Group
> >/ \ Level 2, 53 Walker Street,
> >\_.--. _* North Sydney, Australia, 2060
> > v Phone:(612)9964 9633 Fax:(612)9929 8477
> >_________________________________________________________
>
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 00:00:50 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Casti, CQA (System Administrator)"
Subject: FYI: SEPG Conference, March 9-12, Chicago (fwd)
NOTE: If you're interested, use the contact information they've provided
below; if you're not interested, tap your "delete" key.
Thanks.
Bill
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Date: Wed, 07 Jan 98 15:42:27 EST
From: Carol Biesecker
Subject: please publicize
SEPG `98 Preliminary Program
Software Engineering Process Group Conference
March 9-12, 1998
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Theme: Process Synergy
Process and Mindset: Real-World Perspectives
February 4, 1998: Deadline for Early Bird Registration Discount
Sponsors
This conference is planned in cooperation with the Chicago Software Process
Improvement Network (C-SPIN) and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
. . . . .
SEPG 98 is the international conference and exposition for software process
professionals, sponsored by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and the
Chicago Software Process Improvement Network (C-SPIN). This year we are
celebrating a decade of service and preparing ourselves to migrate to a new
decade and a new level. This four-day event brings together representatives
from government, industry, and academia for a truly global perspective on
software process improvement.
NOTE: The information in this program is subject to change.
Please visit our Web site for updates:
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The conference will include
. plenary sessions
. invited and contributed presentations
. tutorials
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. informal birds-of-a-feather (BOF) meetings
. vendor exhibits
. . . . .
Keynote Speakers
Tuesday, March 10
Watts Humphrey, Software Engineering Institute
The Team Software Process (TSP)
Sanjiv Ahuja, Bellcore
Process Improvement in a Rapidly Changing Technical Environment
George Yamamura, Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems
Reflections on the Journey to SEI SW-CMM Level 5
Wednesday, March 11
Victor Basili, University of Maryland
A Look at Business Life-Cycle Models for the Software Business
Susanne Kelly, Citibank
Citibank, Complexity, and the CMM
Cora L. Carmody, Litton PRC Inc.
Quality: The Value of Culture in the Delivery of Technology
Or Everything I Needed to Know to be CIO I Learned in Quality
and Process Improvement
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SEI Information Day, March 8
SEI Information Day will be held Sunday, March 8, 1998, from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00
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For more information, contact
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. . . . .
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Please direct BoF inquiries to the BoF Chair:
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. . . . .
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Exhibit Hours
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Further questions concerning exhibits should be directed to:
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. . . . .
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Conference & tutorials $745 $770
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or one A.M. and one P.M. tutorial. Note: We can not accept substitutions.
Monday, March 9, 1998
___ Full-Day The Level 5 SEPG
___ Full-Day The Personal Software Process (PSP)
___ Full-Day Software Acquisition and Development: What to Do with All
the Choices!
___ Half-Day A.M. Risk Management
___ Half-Day A.M. Software Process Improvement 101
___ Half-Day A.M. Practical Software Measurement
___ Half-Day P.M. Statistical Process Control of Software
___ Half-Day P.M. Dealing with the Underworld: Accelerating SPI
___ Half-Day P.M. Measuring for Process Management and Improvement
Thursday, March 12, 1998
___ Full-Day An Emerging International Standard for Software Process
Assessment
___ Full-Day The Process Change Methodology: A Guide for SEPGs and PATs
Conducting CMM-Based Software Process Improvement
___ Full-Day Software Project Planning, Tracking, and Oversight
___ Half-Day A.M. Implementing a Project Management Discipline Across a
Large Software Organization
___ Half-Day A.M. Expanding the SPI Focus to Include Systems Engineering
___ Half-Day A.M. Software Quality Engineering for Project Leaders
___ Half-Day P.M. Process Mapping -- Applying Visual Roadmaps to Build
Consensus
___ Half-Day P.M. Practical Application of Cleanroom Software Engineering
___ Half-Day P.M. How to Improve Your "Peer Review" Processes
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Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 12:01:02 +0100
From: Tomasz Byzia
Subject: [none]
Dear Sirs,
The first step on a way of software process/quality improvement is an
assessment of current organization practices.
There are many standards/approaches as CMM, BOOTSTRAP, Trillium, TickIt and
SPICE. I am looking for a description of the approaches and their
comparison with respect to various conditions as size of organization that
the model is recommended for, fitness for different types of software
applications, conformance to ISO 9000 standard, etc.
I will be grateful for any suggestions.
My current task is to prepare overview of above methods to allow a
management staff to choose the best one for our further activities.
Best regards,
Tomasz Byzia
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PZ Inter-Design Tessel Systems
Marysinska 16
04-617 Warsaw, Poland
email: Tomasz.Byzia@interdesign.com.pl
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:06:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Casti, CQA (System Administrator)"
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New FOOD-QUAL Email Discussion List
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