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Why CMMI Will Overtake ISO 9001 – and How to Prevent It

Published by Christopher Paris on March 31, 2010

By Christopher Paris, VP Operations In the software world, under a contract from the Department of Defense, Carnegie Mellon University launched a quality management system for software developers called the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), and then gave administration rights to… Read more →

About Christopher Paris

Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 25 years' experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users.

Seven Reasons Why “ISO 9001 Template Kits” Don’t Work

Published by Christopher Paris on March 20, 2010

Winter Haven FL — A number of online companies offer “ISO-in-a-box” solutions to implementing ISO 9001, packaging a number of documents and forms that have been pre-written as boilerplate templates, with the thinking that if you just customize them yourself,… Read more →

About Christopher Paris

Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 25 years' experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users.