Standards Development

Scope

This document gives guidance on managing reliability and reliability activities that are applicable throughout the life cycle of an item and to any organization.This part of the IEC 60300 series provides guidance to managers and technical personnel involved in the specification, design, development, manufacture, acceptance, use of an item and the item support services.This document describes:principles and benefits of reliability; the elements of reliability programmes; specification of reliability; measurement, analysis and assurance of reliability; reliability data and documentation and its control. The ability to retain the reliability of an item is not only dependent upon the design itself but also design and management of its associated maintenance (IEC 60300-3-10) and support (IEC 60300-3-14) programmes. The interaction between reliability, maintainability and supportability activities is discussed within this document.