A certification criteria for software of measuring instruments based on Malaysian environment

In the field of measuring instruments subject to legal control, priority is traditionally given to hardware testing and certification. For the last five years, digital measuring instruments gaining popularity among users and devices providers, especially in South East Asean. Without considering software certification, the software subject to legal control can be designed to enable the user to perform unauthorized modifications, changes and fraud. Previous studies have indicated that, certification of software product may help determine more certainty and assurance about the software. The certification reports are beneficial not only to the users and stakeholders but also to the developers and suppliers. This research proposes criteria for software of measuring instrument based on Malaysian environment whereby, the certificate can only be issued as evidence of compliance with the provisions of the proposed criteria. It is an alternative approach to guarantee the level of quality of a software product. The results of this paper are based on the literature review and expertise experience on the existing software guidance documents. This paper explains in detail the criteria and some of the guideline documents.