Standards Development

Scope

This part of IEC 60300 gives guidance on the basic principles of reliability analysis and assurance techniques that are applicable to any business model. It is particularly applicable to reliability in the design, manufacturing, management and decommissioning of products, equipment, services, plant or structures, and gives guidance on matters of common interest to any business supplying or purchasing products, services, plant or structures.

This part of IEC 60300 provides all managers and engineers involved in the specification, design, development, manufacture, acceptance and use of engineering artefacts with guidance on effective reliability analysis and assurance. This standard is also applicable to anyone who needs to understand how to develop, manufacture and support systems and equipment which meet the needs of the user by functioning as and when required; this recognises that any “system” will include human aspects.

This standard makes no assumptions concerning management structure or organisational capability and recognises that some stakeholders in a design solution may not have influence throughout the lifecycle: e.g. off-the-shelf (OTS) purchasers may have no influence on inherent reliability. 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.

Purpose

This document is the final essential ‘head document’ which with IEC 60300-3-10 and IEC 60300-3- 14 address the principle elements of dependability: reliability, maintainability and maintenance and supportability and support. The document has been developed by an international team within TC56 over the last 10 years to address the methods and techniques associated with a reliability programme, either undertaken independently or as part of wider dependability management. The document is believed to be close to CD quality as it has been developed as part of the maintenance of IEC 60300-1, IEC 60300-3-10 and IEC 60300-3-14 with the intent of providing consistent format and content to support a dependability programme.