The New Gold Standard: Understanding ISO/IEC 17029 and the Future of Validation
How to read a 17029‑based verification/validation report (quick checklist)
- Scope and purpose: Applies to bodies that perform validation and verification — including process verification, performance validation, greenhouse gas verifications, product verification, software validation, and more.
- Principles: Impartiality, independence, competence, transparency, confidentiality, and consistency.
- Structure: Management requirements (organization, impartiality, confidentiality) and technical requirements (personnel competence, methods, sampling, reporting).
- Outputs: Clear requirements on issuing verification/validation statements, reports, and certificates and on how to handle limitations, uncertainties, and nonconformities.
Relationship with Other Standards:
While ISO/IEC 17021-1 focuses on management system certification, ISO/IEC 17029 focuses specifically on the reliability of claims . How to Access the PDF