The ASME does not certify, approve or register software or any other product or service. To meet our users' needs and ensure the integrity of our software, Codeware has implemented an extensive in-house Quality Assurance (QA) Program. A critical part of Codeware's QA program requires each COMPRESS Build to be tested extensively before release. These tests include calculation verifications as well as software functionality checking. Hundreds of example COMPRESS files are run and automatically compared to calculations that have been manually verified. Differences between the verification calculations and the COMPRESS program output are considered errors that require corrective action prior to releasing the software.

Codeware's quality assurance procedures are described in Codeware's Quality Manual. The COMPRESS Verification Manual and COMPRESS baseline verification files are the result of applying Codeware's standard operating procedures (SOPs) to a specific ASME Code Edition or Addenda. For a simple statement suitable for provision to end customers, inspectors, auditors etc., please see Appendix A of the COMPRESS Verification Manual.

To view the COMPRESS Verification Manual, select Help > Verification Manual from within COMPRESS. To download Codeware's Quality Manual, please see the Quality Assurance area of our website.