ISO/IEC 90003:2014为各组织在采购、供应、开发、操作和维护计算机软件及相关支持服务时应用ISO 9001:2008提供了指导。ISO/IEC 90003:2014不增加或更改ISO 9001:2008的要求
ISO/IEC 90003:2014中提供的指南不打算用作质量管理体系注册/认证的评估标准
ISO/IEC 90003:2014适用于
·与另一个组织签订的商业合同的一部分，
·适用于某一市场部门的产品，
·用于支持组织的流程，
·嵌入硬件产品中，或
·与软件服务相关
一些组织可能参与上述所有活动；其他人可能专攻一个领域。无论在何种情况下，组织的质量管理体系都应涵盖业务的所有方面（软件相关和非软件相关）
ISO/IEC 90003:2014确定了应解决的问题，这些问题独立于组织使用的技术、生命周期模型、开发过程、活动顺序和组织结构。 为帮助应用ISO 9001:2008，特别是ISO/IEC 12207:2008，提供了额外的指南和对ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7软件工程标准的频繁引用。

ISO/IEC 90003:2014 provides guidance for organizations in the application of ISO 9001:2008 to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of computer software and related support services. ISO/IEC 90003:2014 does not add to or otherwise change the requirements of ISO 9001:2008.
The guidelines provided in ISO/IEC 90003:2014 are not intended to be used as assessment criteria in quality management system registration/certification.
The application of ISO/IEC 90003:2014 is appropriate to software that is
· part of a commercial contract with another organization,
· a product available for a market sector,
· used to support the processes of an organization,
· embedded in a hardware product, or
· related to software services.
Some organizations may be involved in all the above activities; others may specialize in one area. Whatever the situation, the organization's quality management system should cover all aspects (software related and non-software related) of the business.
ISO/IEC 90003:2014 identifies the issues that should be addressed and is independent of the technology, life cycle models, development processes, sequence of activities and organizational structure used by an organization. Additional guidance and frequent references to the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 software engineering standards are provided to assist in the application of ISO 9001:2008, in particular ISO/IEC 12207:2008.