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ISO 10007

ISO 10007 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand ISO 10007 rather than just read about it. In short: ISO 10007 "Quality management — Guidelines for configuration management" is the ISO standard that gives guidance on the use of configuration management within an organization. "It is applicable to the support of products from concept to disposal." The standard was originally published in 1995, and was updated in 2003 and 2017. Its guidance is specifically recommended for meeting "the product identification and trace…

Key takeaways

ISO 10007 belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect ISO 10007 to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of ISO 10007 from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

ISO 10007 "Quality management — Guidelines for configuration management" is the ISO standard that gives guidance on the use of configuration management within an organization. "It is applicable to the support of products from concept to disposal." The standard was originally published in 1995, and was updated in 2003 and 2017. Its guidance is specifically recommended for meeting "the product identification and traceability requirements" introduced in ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100 Rev D.

Basic principles ISO 10007 defines a configuration as "interrelated functional and physical characteristics of a product or service as described in the configuration information." It defines a configuration item as "entity within a configuration that satisfies an end use function". It defines a configuration baseline as "approved configuration information that establishes the characteristics of a product or service at a point in time that serves as reference for activities throughout the life cycle of the product or service". It defines configuration status accounting as "formalized recording and reporting of configuration information, the status of proposed changes and the status of the implementation of approved changes". The standard outlines the responsibilities and authorities and describes the configuration management process that includes the five disciplines of configuration management:

configuration management planning, configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting and configuration audit. An annex presents the structure and content of a configuration management plan.

History In 1979, the Technical Committee ISO/TC 176 "Quality management and quality assurance" started standardization work in the field of quality management and developed the standard ISO 9000. In 1982, Subcommittee SC 2 "Quality management Systems" was established. SC2 developed ISO 9001 on requirements for quality management systems, ISO 9004 as guidance to achieve sustained success, ISO 10005 as guidance on quality plans, ISO 10006 as guidance on quality management in projects and ISO 10007 as guidance on configuration management. The first version of ISO 10007 was published in 1995. The second version of ISO 10007 followed in 2003, and the current and third version of ISO 10007 was released in 2017.

Related standards Mapping ISO 10007:2003 to IEEE Std 828-2012 exists. Further, ISO 10007 is related to the following standards:

ISO 9001:2015, Quality management systems — Requirements ISO 9004, Managing for the sustained success of an organization — A quality management approach ISO 10006, Quality management systems — Guidelines for quality management in projects

See also IEEE 828 Software quality Safety-critical system (CM required by safety standards

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with ISO 10007

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what ISO 10007 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to ISO 10007 before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about ISO 10007 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of ISO 10007

In research: ISO 10007 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses ISO 10007 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: ISO 10007 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Configuration management, ISO standards, Quality management, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for ISO 10007 outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study ISO 10007 in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what ISO 10007 means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain ISO 10007 out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is ISO 10007 in simple terms?

Why does ISO 10007 matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study ISO 10007?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on ISO 10007.