AS 3925.

1—1994
ANSI/IEEE 730.1-1989

Australian Standard
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Software quality assurance

Part 1: Plans
[ANSI/IEEE title: IEEE Standard for Software Quality Assurance
Plans]
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee QR/3, Software Quality
Assurance. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
22 March 1994 and published on 16 May 1994.

The following interests are represented on Committee QR/3:

AOTC/Telecom Australia
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Computer Society National Software Information Committee
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
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Australian Information Industry Association

Australian Organization for Quality
Civil Aviation Authority (Australia)
Department of Defence, Australia
EDP Auditors Association of New Zealand
Institute of Quality Assurance Australia
Institution of Radio and Electronic Engineers Australia
New South Wales Society for Technical Communication
New Zealand Organization for Quality
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Software Quality Association of Queensland
Wellington Chamber of Commerce

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 AS 3925.1—1994

Australian Standard
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Software quality assurance

Part 1: Plans

First publi shed as AS 3925.1—1994.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 8883 7
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee QR/3
on Software Quality Assurance as an Australian Standard

The Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from ANSI/IEEE 730.1 — 1989, IEEE Standard
for Software Quality Assurance Plans. It provides uniform requirements for the preparation of Software
Quality Assurance Plans (SQAPs).

Under the terms of the Active Corporation Agreement, this Standard is the result of a consensus among
Australian and New Zealand representatives on the Joint Committee to produce this document as an
Australian Standard.

The objective of this Standard is to provide guidance to software developers on the preparation and
content of Software Quality Assurance Plans (SQAPs) and to provide a basis for a degree of uniformity
in development and presentation, where appropriate. In deciding to make the internationally-recognized
ANSI/IEEE Standard available in Australia, the Committee noted that certain aspects of the Standard,
such as terms and definitions, are not completely consistent with local usage and practice. As a result
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the Standard is intended for guidance or voluntary adoption, not for mandatory or rigid application.

For the purpose of this Australian Standard, the IEEE text should be modified by replacing references
to ANSI and IEEE Standards by references to Australian Standards; as follows:

Reference to International Standard Australian Standard

ANSI/ASME AS
NQA-1 Q u a l i t y A s s u r a n c e P r o g r a m —
Requirements for Nuclear Facilities

ANSI/IEEE
603 IEEE Standard Criteria for Safety —
Systems for Nuclear Power Generating
Stations

729 IEEE Standard Glossary of Software —

Engineering Terminology (revised and
reissued in 1990 as ANSI/IEEE
610.12)

828 IE E E S t andar d for S oft wa re 4042 Software configuration management

Configuration Management Plans plans

829 IEEE Standard for Software Test 4006 Software test documentation
Documentation

830 I E EE G ui de fo r S oft wa re —
Requirements Specifications

938 IEEE Guide for Software Quality —

Assurance Planning. (This is being
redesignated to 730.2.)

990 IEEE Recommended Practice for Ada 4007 Ada as a program design language
as a Program Design Language

1002 IEEE Standard Terminology for —

Software Engineering Standards

1008 IEEE Standard for Software Unit —

Testing
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ANSI/IEEE AS
1012 IE E E S t andar d for S oft wa re —
Verification and Validation Plans

1016 IEEE Recommended Practice for 4008 Software design descriptions

Software Design Descriptions

1033 IEEE Recommended Practice for —

Application of IEEE Std 828 to
Nuclear Power Generating Stations

1042 IEEE Guide to Software Configur- 4043 Software configuration management

ation Management

1058.1 IEEE Standard for Software Project —

Management Plans

1063 IEEE Standard for Software User —

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Documentation

ANSI/IEEE/ANS
7-4.3.2 Application Criteria for Program- —
mable Digital Computer Systems in
Safety Systems of Nuclear Power
Generating Stations
IEEE
982.1 IEEE Standard Dictionary of Measures —
to Produce Reliable Software

982.2 IEEE Guide for the Use of IEEE —

Standard Dictionary of Measures to
Produce Reliable Software

1028 IEEE Standard for Software Reviews 4009 Software reviews and audits
and Audits

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CONTENTS

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SECTION 1 SCOPE AND REFERENCES

1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS

2.1 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SECTION 3 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN

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3.2 PURPOSE (SECTION 1 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3.2 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS (SECTION 2 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . 3
3.3 MANAGEMENT (SECTION 3 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3.1 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3.2 Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3.3 Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4 DOCUMENTATION (SECTION 4 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4.2 Minimum Documentation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.4.3 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.5 STANDARDS, PRACTICES, CONVENTIONS AND METRICS . . . . 4
(SECTION 5 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.5.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.5.2 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.6 REVIEWS AND AUDITS (SECTION 6 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . 5
3.6.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.6.2 Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.6.3 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.7 TEST (SECTION 7 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.8 PROBLEM REPORTING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION (SECTION 8
OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.9 TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND METHODOLOGIES (SECTION 9
OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.10 CODE CONTROL (SECTION 10 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.11 MEDIA CONTROL (SECTION 11 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.12 SUPPLIER CONTROL (SECTION 12 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.13 RECORDS COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND RETENTION
(SECTION 13 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.14 TRAINING (SECTION 14 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.15 RISK MANAGEMENT (SECTION 15 OF THE SQAP) . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Australian Standard
Software quality assurance

Part 1: Plans
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1. Scope and References
1.1 Scope. The purpose of this standard is to provide
uniform, minimum acceptable requirements for preparation
and content of Software Quality Assurance Plans (SQAPs).
[2] ANSI/IEEE Std 603-1980, IEEE Standard Criteria for
Safety Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations.
[3] ANSI/IEEE Std 729-1983, IEEE Standard Glossary of
Software Engineering Terminology.2

In considering adoption of this standard, regulatory bodies
should be aware that specific application of this standard
may already be covered by one or more IEEE or ANSI
standards documents relating to quality assurance,
definitions, or other matters. It is not the purpose of this
document to supersede, revise or amend existing standards
directed to specific industries or applications.
This standard applies to the development and maintenance
of critical software. For non-critical software, or for
software already developed, a subset of the requirements of
this standard may be applied.
The existence of this standard should not be construed to
prohibit additional content in a SQAP. An assessment
should be made for the specific software item to assure
adequacy of coverage. Where this standard is invoked for
an organization or project engaged in producing several
software items, the applicability of the standard should be
specified for each of the software items.
1.2 References. The standards listed below should be
used for further information. In using these references, the
latest revisions should be obtained. Compliance with this
standard does not require nor imply compliance with any
of those listed.
[1] ANSI/ASME NQA-1-1983, Quality Assurance Program
Requirements for Nuclear Facilities.1
[4] ANSI/IEEE Std 828-1983, IEEE Standard for Software
Configuration Management Plans.
[5] ANSI/IEEE Std 829-1983, IEEE Standard for Software
Test Documentation.
[6] ANSI/IEEE Std 830-1984, IEEE Guide for Software
Requirements Specifications.
[7] IEEE Std 982.1-1988, IEEE Standard Dictionary of
Measures to Produce Reliable Software.
[8] IEEE Std 982.2-1988, IEEE Guide for the Use of IEEE
Standard Dictionary of Measures to Produce Reliable
Software.
[9] ANSI/IEEE Std 983-1986, IEEE Guide for Software
Quality Assurance Planning. (This is being redesignated to
730.2.)
[10] ANSI/IEEE Std 990-1987, IEEE Recommended
Practice for Ada as a Program Design Language.
[11] ANSI/IEEE Std 1002-1987, IEEE Standard Taxonomy
of Software Engineering Standards.
[12] ANSI/IEEE Std 1008-1987, IEEE Standard for
Software Unit Testing.

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