General Philosophy of the Standard

The standard is split into two basic areas—management requirements and technical requirements. The management requirements are very similar to the requirements found in ISO 9001:2000. The technical requirements are what separate “17025” from “9001.”
Since the First Edition of 17025 referenced the predecessors of ISO 9001:2000—namely ISO 9001:1994 – Quality Systems – Model for Quality Assurance in Design, Development, Production, Installation, and Servicing and ISO 9002:1994 - Quality Systems – Model for Quality Assurance in Production, Installation, and Servicing—it was evident that the Second Edition of 17025 would have to reflect the more modern version of ISO 9001.
It should be noted that ISO 9001:2000 was a MAJOR change to the ISO 9000 series of standards in that it replaced the second edition of ISO 9001:1994, and it incorporated both ISO 9002:1994 and ISO 9003:1994 – Quality Systems – Model for Quality Assurance in Final Inspection and Test into the comprehensive document.