IMPLICATIONS OF LIBERALIZING THE ISO 9001:2015 STANDARD REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING DOCUMENTING THE QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

The purpose of the article is an attempt to determine and assess the impact of changing the
ISO 9001:2015 standard requirements concerning the quality management system’s documentation
on the efficiency of the systems implemented in organizations, but also the process of assessing
them in terms of internal and external audits. The first part of the article discusses the changes in the
requirements concerning documenting the quality management system in terms of specific editions
of the ISO 9001 standard. Then what is discussed are the advantages possible to be achieved by
organizations due to increasing the flexibility of the requirements concerning documenting the
system. The following part discusses the impact which the changes made to the requirements
concerning documenting the system have on the processes of their assessment, in terms of what
competences are expected of auditors, and collecting by the auditors evidence confirming meeting
the requirements.