This standard establishes the ground rules for verifying conformance. The intent is to eliminate the de facto measurement planning that takes place in final inspection or on the production floor and replace it with a formal professionally written plan.

The objective of this standard is to ensure correctness and acceptability of dimensional measurements. The standard specifies requirements for preparation and approval of dimensional measurement plans for the use of approved plans in making dimensional measurements. It is intended for use by process and quality control engineers (dimensional measurement planners) in planning manufacturing-related dimensional measurements.