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QS9000 is an automotive industry quality system standard. It builds on ISO9001 and interprets it in the automotive context. It also augments ISO9001 by addressing issues more specific to the automotive industry. While the practices defined in QS9000 are well understood and well utilised for physical vehicle components, it is not currently able to be applied to software in any meaningful way. This paper introduces the concepts relating to QS9000, provides some background on the issues of determining software readiness for production, and a possible solution to the issues within the QS9000 framework.
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Ellims, M., Evans, R., Hobley, K.M., Kendall, I. (2001). When is Software Ready for Production? Parallels with Automotive QS9000 Methods. In: Redmill, F., Anderson, T. (eds) Aspects of Safety Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0713-2_9
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