1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 15504 provides guidance on meeting the minimum set of requirements for performing an assessment contained in ISO/IEC 15504-2.
It provides an overview of process assessment and interprets the requirements through the provision of guidance on:
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a) performing an assessment;
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b) the measurement framework for process capability;
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c) process reference models and process assessment models;
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d) selecting and using assessment tools;
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e) competency of assessors;
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f) verification of conformity.
This document uses the following schema: the text inside a box is quoted from the normative ISO/IEC 15504-2 and the text following a box is guidance about the normative text. If the quoted text includes a clause reference, it is understood that ISO/IEC 15504-2 should be referred to.