ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the ISO changes and the intent and impact of Annex SL: how it came about, who it's aimed at, what it aims to achieve and what impact it has. It presents a summary of the more significant changes and, in particular, the movement of requirements, the new requirements, the modified requirements and the requirements that have been withdrawn. Two of the most important objectives in the revision of the ISO 9000 series of standards stated in (ISO/TC176/SC2/N1276, 2015) were: to develop a simplified set of standards that will be equally applicable to small as well as medium and large organizations; for the amount and detail of documentation required to be more relevant to the desired results of the organization's process activities. ISO 9001:2015 looks very different from ISO 9001:2008 primarily because of the new structure imposed on all management systems standards by ISO Directives.
