CAN/CSA-Q9000.3-92

This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard ISo 9000-3:1991. This part of ISO 9000 sets out guidelines to facilitate the application of ISo 9001 to organizations developing, supplying and maintaining software. It is intended to provide guidance where a contract between two parties requires the demonstration of a supplier's capability to develop, supply and maintain software products. The guidelines in this part of ISO 9000 are intended to describe the suggested controls and methods for producing software which meet a purchaser's requirements. This is done primarily by preventing nonconformity at all stages from development through to maintenance. The guidelines in this part of ISO 9000 are applicable in contractual situations for software products when a) the contract specifically requires design effort and the product requirements are stated principally in performance terms, or they need to be established; b) confidence in the product can be attained by the adequate demonstration of a certain supplier's capabilities in development, supply and maintenance.