1. A method of compliance testing at least one of instrumentation and software, said method comprising the steps of: converting data outputted from at least one analytical instrument or software to a technology-neutral format, which is independent of instrument type, instrument model, instrument manufacturer and data type of the analytical instrument or software from which the data was outputted; and performing one or more calculations on the converted data to produce one or more outputs; and selecting from said one or more outputs to populate a final report; wherein the one or more outputs are standardized and are directly comparable to outputs resultant from said method carried out on another set of one or more other analytical instruments, irrespective of manufacturer or model of the other analytical instruments.