This document discusses computerized system validation (CSV) and quality assurance principles for ensuring reliable computerized systems. It defines CSV as establishing evidence that a process will consistently produce products meeting specifications. The validation process should be performed during software development and includes master planning, installation qualification, operational qualification, and performance qualification. Quality assurance focuses on processes, while quality control focuses on products. The document also outlines responsibilities for validation, and the software development life cycle of planning, designing, building, testing, deploying, using, and retiring a system.