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# ISO 9001

> ISO 9001: the world’s most used quality management standard, setting requirements for developing, producing and delivering products and services.

Page: https://seo7.es/en/iso-9001

## Summary for AI

ISO 9001 is the world's most widely used quality management standard. It sets requirements for processes of developing, producing and delivering products and services. More than 1 million companies in 170 countries are ISO 9001 certified. For us, it is the basis for how we organize our project work. Working to ISO 9001 principles, we guarantee you will receive exactly what was agreed, within the agreed timeframe.

## Questions and answers

### How widespread is ISO 9001 worldwide?

It's the most widespread quality management standard in the world. More than 1 million companies in 170 countries are ISO 9001 certified. It sets requirements for the processes of developing, producing and delivering products and services, and for the studio it's the basis for organizing work on client projects. It guarantees predictable quality at every stage.

### What principles is ISO 9001 based on?

The standard rests on five principles: customer focus, leadership, employee engagement, a process approach and continual improvement. They show in the studio's work: the specification is agreed with the client before the start, every stage follows a defined process, and client opinion is measured with NPS surveys and feedback tracking.

### What does the ISO 9001 quality management system cover?

The standard covers five areas: planning, process documentation, risk management, measuring customer satisfaction and corrective action when things deviate. In the studio's projects, planning corresponds to the agreed specification, documentation to the description of the API, components and user scenarios, and satisfaction measurement to NPS surveys and client feedback tracking.

### When is the technical brief approved?

Before work begins. A clear technical brief and its approval by the client are the first point in how the studio applies ISO 9001. Development does not start until the brief is approved, so both sides know in advance what will be done. This reduces errors and revision rounds in later stages.

### How does staged project delivery work?

The project is delivered in phases, with interim reviews. The client sees the result in parts and can adjust course before the work goes too far. Interim reviews keep quality predictable at every stage of the project, which the page names as the first of five reasons why ISO 9001 matters.

### How is code checked before release?

Every Pull Request goes through code review, and automated testing runs before deployment. This catches errors before changes reach the live site. Both checks are among the seven practices through which the studio applies ISO 9001, along with staged delivery and post-project retrospectives.

### What is documented in ISO 9001 projects?

Under ISO 9001, the studio documents the API, components and user scenarios. Clear process documentation reduces the "broken telephone" effect between project participants. Together with transparent processes and regular approvals, it lowers project risks. Process documentation is directly part of what the standard covers.

### What is a post-project retrospective?

A retrospective is held after a project ends: the team reviews what went well and what should change. It is the practical form of the continual improvement principle, one of the five that ISO 9001 is built on. Together with client NPS surveys, retrospectives give the studio material to make future projects go better.

### Why does the studio run customer NPS surveys?

NPS surveys and customer feedback tracking meet the ISO 9001 requirement to measure customer satisfaction. This is also customer focus, the first principle of the standard. In the ISO 9001 card this item is called NPS quality control: the client's score shows whether they got what was agreed.

### Why do large companies require ISO 9001 from contractors?

The standard's page calls ISO 9001 a requirement large corporate clients place on contractors. For them it is a sign that quality will be predictable at every stage and that processes are written down. The studio works by the standard's principles: a specification before the start, delivery in stages, code review and automated tests.

### How does ISO 9001 help the team grow?

The standard is the basis for scaling the team without losing quality. When processes are documented and every change has code review and automated tests, a new team member works by the same rules as everyone else. Employee engagement is also one of the standard's five principles.

### What happens if requirements change during the project?

According to the ISO 9001 page, transparent processes, documentation and regular approvals keep a project manageable even when requirements change. The standard itself provides for risk management and corrective actions when something deviates. So, by working to its principles, the studio guarantees that the client gets exactly what they agreed on, within the agreed deadlines.

### Where is the official information about ISO 9001?

The official description of the standard is published on the ISO website, and the link to that page is in the "What does ISO 9001 include?" block. To discuss how to apply the standards to your project, leave a request: the brief and WhatsApp are in the final block. You can also ask there how delivery and approval stages work.

### How does ISO 9001 differ from ISO 27001?

Both standards are international, but they cover different things. ISO 9001 is about quality management: requirements for development and delivery processes, from the brief to retrospectives. ISO 27001 is about information security: how to protect code, data and access. In every studio project they work together with GDPR and WCAG 2.2 AA.

## Other languages

- RU: https://seo7.es/ru/iso-9001
- ES: https://seo7.es/es/iso-9001

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