Certification ISO 9001 in clinical ethics consultation for improving quality and safety in healthcare

Managing quality of R & D organization through ISO 9001 certification

With the increase in complexity and globalization, business environment has made R & D very important to an organization for its survival. ISO 9001: 2000 standard has influenced, to a great extent, the management of quality in an organization – big or small by introducing the concept of continual improvement and customer satisfaction in the system irrespective of its activities. This paper disc...

A ISO 9001: 2000 Certification Model in SMEs

This work describes a model for certification ISO 9001:2000 process of a software company. The Quality Management System (QMS) implementation in the company guided the fundamental processes of the software development, the organizational processes and the support processes, structuring all the practices in the company and extending its vision in relation to their own products, processes, collab...

Achieving ISO 9001 Certification for an XP Company

It is generally assumed that certification such as ISO 9001 is incompatible with Agile Development Methods, particularly eXtreme Programming. However it is possible to achieve certification in a manner that is compatible with XP and does not reduce agility. The key to this is making the documentation, process monitoring and audit trail required for certification a natural output of the developm...

ISO 9001 benefits and pitfalls: the path to successful certification.

The lifeblood of a business is developing and commercializing new products with minimum cost and time and maximum quality. Implementation of a quality management system is often used to achieve these goals, and the ISO 9001 standard for a business quality system is rapidly becoming the model of choice. The existence of an ISO-compliant system is a key to meeting the forthcoming regulatory requi...

Improving Safety and Quality in Healthcare