International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
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ISO/IEC 15504-1:2004
Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 15504 provides overall information on the concepts of process assessment and its use in
the two contexts of process improvement and process capability determination. It describes how the parts of
the suite fit together, and provides guidance for their selection and use. It explains the requirements contained
within ISO/IEC 15504, and their applicability to performing assessments.
Readers of this guide should familiarize themselves with the terminology and structure of the document suite,
and then reference the appropriate parts of the suite for the context in which they propose to conduct an
assessment. A more detailed description of the use of ISO/IEC 15504 is given in clause 4.
ISO/IEC 15504-1:2004 history
2004ISO/IEC 15504-1:2004 Information technology - Process assessment - Part 1: Concepts and vocabulary