PURPOSE

a. This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) supports the implementation of the standards aspects of the parent NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 7120.4, NASA Engineering and Program/Project Management Policy. This NPR establishes responsibilities, requirements, and processes for:

(1) Developing technical standards products, complying with Federal requirements for participating in the development of voluntary consensus standards and designating NASA-endorsed technical standards products.

(2) Selecting and using technical standards products as program/project requirements, encouraging commonality in use across NASA programs and projects, and mandating use of specific technical standards products when warranted.

APPLICABILITY

a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This language applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements.

b. Technical standards products and this NPR are also applicable to programs and projects managed under NPR 7120.5, NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements; NPR 7120.7, NASA Information Technology and Institutional Infrastructure Program and Project Management Requirements; and NPR 7120.8, NASA Research and Technology Program and Project Management Requirements.

c. For the purposes of this NPR, the following apply:

(1) The term "NASA technical standards products" refers to technical standards, specifications, and handbooks developed and approved by NASA Headquarters offices, assigned a prefix of "NASA-STD-," "NASA-SPEC-," or "NASA-HDBK-," respectively, to the unique document number.

(2) The term "technical standard" as used in this document is defined in Appendix A and excludes NASA handbooks and NASA specifications.

d. This NPR does not apply to development of Center-specific and/or program/project-specific technical standards products.