I suppose this is a good time to vent as any.
One of the other hats I wear is ... I've been involved
with ISO 9001 for about 5 years now. I've been involved
with two registration efforts from the ground up. I'm
trained as a lead auditor. I thought that since my primary
job is compliance, this ISO thing would also be good to
get a glimpse into how a company works. Well, it is.
I'm currently involved with paring down an existing
registration which has become a speed bump.
I gotta say that as soon as everyone got through the
gauntlet with 9001, they come along with "TL" 9001 that's
"specific" for "telecommunications". As if to say ISO 9001
isn't enough. We have to go beyond with a TL 9001 that
gets into auditing metrics. <shudder> And, as if to say,
those telecommunication companies already ISO 9001 certified
don't get into reliability estimates, costing, software
development, life-cycle management and a host of other
requirements already. I mean jeez guys ...
Have no idea if this is sanctioned on an international
level with ISO or what. I mean it seems to be headed
up by the ASQ which "sports" an international membership.
But so what?
Instead of being headed up by a group of countries on
an international level, this is being headed up by
a professional society of quality people? What's the
implications of this and where does this mean the future
of other standards which greatly impact companies who
actually do the work going to go? an international
organization isn't enough. No ... You have to be a
member of a special society now.
What's this saying? ISO itself isn't good enough?
I'm not sure what the British have to say about this.
I mean they are the ones who turned everyone onto ISO.
Like it or not, that is fact. And of all the registrars
to deal with, if you were telecommunications, you went
with BSI (at one point. not sure if that's true anymore).
<conspriacy hat on now> What is this then, an end around
attempt to push BSI out of the ISO telecommunications
business? Or, does BSI embrace this?
It's getting to be that as soon as everyone gets evened
out (or bankrupt) with TL 9001, some committee somewhere
will decide that TL isn't enough for "datacommunications"!
No siree. We need a "DL" 9001 now ...
Rant stopped. Sorry for the length ...
- Doug
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