What is the current ISO 9001 standard? The current revision of the standard is ISO 9001:2015. The ISO 9001 2015 standard, sometimes called ISO 9001 revision 2015, was released in October 2015 and replaced the previous revision ISO 9001:2008. This updated revision includes many of the processes from the previous revision of the standard, with a greater focus on risk-based thinking and understanding the context of the organization. To support this change, there was a major structural change from the ISO 9001:2008 standard – the main clauses of the standard are different between the 2015 and 2008 revisions. What is ISO 9001:2008? ISO 9001:2008 is the revision of the ISO 9001 standard that was withdrawn in 2015. ISO 9001:2008 was based on its predecessor, ISO 9001:2000, with some minor additions. ISO 9001:2000 was the first revision of the ISO 9001 standard to be based on the seven quality management principles identified above that made the standard requirements about everything a company does to create products and services. Revisions of ISO 9001 before the ISO 9001:2000 revision (ISO 9001:1987 & ISO 9001 1994) were based more on writing and following 20 specific procedures, rather than understanding the processes of the organization. ISO 9000 vs ISO 9001 While ISO 9001:2015 is the current ISO standard for creating a Quality Management System, there are other documents in the ISO 9000 family that support the ISO 9001 requirements. ISO 9000 explains the seven quality management principles behind ISO 9001, and defines all of the terms used within the ISO 9001 standard. Additionally, ISO 9004 provides guidance on making an ISO 9001 Quality Management System more successful and focuses on how to improve the implemented ISO 9001 processes by giving some best practice information.