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I nt ernat i onal
st andards on
dependabi l i t y
Standards for dependability and the
benefits derived from them are often so
taken for granted that their importance
is not appreciated until problems
arise, perhaps as a result of incomplete
standardization.
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TC 56 publications
Standards for dependability and the benefits derived from them are often
taken for granted, their importance is not appreciated until problems
arise. Through the International Electrotechnical Commission's Technical
Committee 56 (Dependability), experts from manufacturing, professional
institutions, government, academia, test labs, and so forth, prepare
standards on this topic.
The standards prepared by IEC TC56 have been organized into
three levels: management, process, and tools or supporting standards.
IEC 60300, entitled Dependability Management, is the focal point.
IEC 60300-1: Dependability management. Part 1: Dependability
programme management. Intended for contracts, this standard covers
requirements on dependability assurance and on programme elements,
and supplies the links between the supplier's and customers'
organizations. It is possible to use this document separately or in
conjunction with ISO 9001.
IEC 60300-2: Dependability management. Part 2: Dependability
programme elements and tasks. This publication contains provisions for
establishing dependability programmes covering reliability, maintainability
and maintenance support. It gives guidance on tailoring the design,
development and production processes to meet varied requirements and
contractual conditions. It also provides a link between programme
elements and tasks.
IEC 60300-3: Dependability management. Part 3: Application guide.
A series of standards designed to help users to choose and apply the
proper tools for a particular situation.
Tools are freely numbered, self-contained documents. Experienced users
can apply them without assistance from an application guide. A tool is
normally a specification for a procedure or a statistical method, or a
design analysis method.
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The insert that accompanies this brochure contains a list of TC56
standards, both published and under development. This list is laid out in a
logical structure where various documents are grouped together in
concept. Each concept contains an application guide. Beneath the
application guide appears a list of "tools" (or standards) that relate
directly to the application guide.
It is worth noting that a tool standard might be used in several different
applications. For instance, failure mode and effects analysis might be
used either to analyze the reliability of an item of equipment, to help
technical risk management, or to help software reliability management.
For clarity, each tool is shown only once in the list that follows. It should
also be noted that no sharp distinction exists between application guide
standards and tool standards. Some application guide standards contain
their own tools.
An essential aspect of all IEC standardization is vocabulary.
IEC 60050(191): Dependability and quality of service is the standard
that defines many terms in the dependability field.
International standards on dependability
The International Electrotechnical Commission has been publishing
standards for this topic since the early 1970s through the work of TC56,
which has prepared more than 50 international standards concerning
many aspects of dependability.
IEC TC 56
Technical Committee 56 is termed a "horizontal" technical committee
of the IEC meaning that its standards are of direct interest to other
IEC TCs and to all who are concerned with reliability, maintainability and
maintenance support. By agreement with ISO, the International
Organization for Standardization, the standards prepared by TC56 apply
equally to general technology and are not restricted to electrotechnology.
Thus, reliability is an important factor contributing to product quality and
is recognized in ISO 9000 quality management systems.
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TERMINOLOGY
MAINTAINABILITY
DEPENDABILITY
MANAGEMENT
GENERAL
DEPENDABILITY
RELIABILITY TESTING
RELIABILITY
MODELLING AND
ANALYSIS
SYSTEM ASPECTS OF
DEPENDABILITY
RISK ANALYSIS
RELIABILITY
AVAILABILITY
MAINTENANCE
SUPPORT
RELIABILITY GROWTH
RELIABILITY
SCREENING
Structure diagram
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Current work
Other documents under discussion at present cover aspects of
maintainability, reliability, testing and statistical applications, stress
screening, and system aspects of dependability.
Numerous additional tools on specific topics are also being prepared,
including several dealing with technical risk management and hazard
and operability studies. Some of this work is being carried out jointly with
other IEC and ISO technical committees.
The IEC
The IEC has served the world's electrical and electronic industries since
1906, developing international standards to promote quality, safety,
performance, reproducibility and environmental compatibility of materials,
products and systems.
The worldwide use of IEC standards supports the transfer of
electrotechnology, assists certification and promotes international trade of
uniformly high-quality products and services. International standards
establish objective specifications that both buyer and seller can rely on. For
buyers, they widen the range of choices and lower costs, primarily because
they often increase the number of competitors. For sellers, global standards
broaden the number of potential customers and reduce the cost of meeting
their needs. In short, for everyone in society, international standards raise
the overall efficiency and productivity of the economy.
The IEC membership, which now comprises more than 60 countries,
includes all the world's major trading nations. This membership
collectively represents about 85 percent of the world's population and
95 percent of the world's electrical generating capacity.
More information
More information about the work of IEC TC56 may be obtained at from
its website: tc56.iec.ch or from the IEC website at www.iec.ch. Up-to-
date information about the main items of work under discussion in this
TC may be obtained by requesting a copy of the "TC56 Secretary's Report".
The worldwide use of I EC standards
supports the transfer
of electrotechnology, assists certification
and promotes international trade of
uniformly high-quality products and
services.
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IEC 60300-1 (2003-06) Dependability management - Part 1:
Dependability management systems
IEC 60300-2 (2004-03) Dependability management - Part 2:
Guidelines for dependability managment
IEC 61160 (2006-02) Design review
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l E l e c t r o t e c h n i c a l C o m m i s s i o n
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TC 56 standards
Dependability management
IEC 60050-191 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary
- Chapter 191: Dependability and quality
of service
IEC 61703 (2001-09) Mathematical expressions for reliability,
availability, maintainability and
maintenance support terms
Terminology
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Maintenance support
IEC 60300-3-11 (1999-03) Dependability management - Part 3-11:
Application guide - Reliability centred
maintenance
IEC 60300-3-12 (2001-12) Dependability management - Part 3-12:
Application guide - Integrated logistic
support
IEC 60300-3-14 (2004-07) Dependability management - Part 3-14:
Application guide - Maintenance and
maintenance support
IEC 62402 In preparation. NWI Obsolescence
management - Application guide
IEC 60300-3-16 Ed. 1.0 In preparation. Dependability
management - Part 3-16: Application
guide - Guideline for the specification of
maintenance support services
IEC 60300-3-4 (1996-08) Dependability management - Part 3:
Application guide - Section 4: Guide
to the specification of dependability
requirements
IEC 61160 (2006-02) Design review
General dependability
IEC 60300-3-10 (2001-01) Dependability management - Part 3-10:
Application guide - Maintainability
IEC 60706-2 (2006-03) Guide on maintainability of equipment.
Part 2 - Section Five: Maintainability
studies during the design phase
IEC 60706-3 (2006-04) Guide on maintainability of equipment.
Part 3 - Sections Six and Seven.
Verification and collection, analysis and
presentation of data
IEC 60706-5 (1994-11) Guide on maintainability of equipment -
Part 5: Section 4: Diagnostic testing
Maintainability
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Reliability/availability
Reliability testing
IEC 60300-3-5 (2001-03) Dependability management - Part 3-5:
Application guide - Reliability test
conditions and statistical test principles
IEC 60605-2 (1994-10) Equipment reliability testing - Part 2:
Design of test cycles
IEC 60605-3-1 (1986-09) Equipment reliability testing. Part 3:
Preferred test conditions. Indoor portable
equipment - Low degree of simulation
IEC 60605-3-2 (1986-09) Equipment reliability testing. Part 3:
Preferred test conditions. Equipment for
stationary use in weatherprotected
locations - High degree of simulation
IEC 60605-3-3 (1992-11) Equipment reliability testing - Part 3:
Preferred test conditions - Section 3:
Test cycle 3: Equipment for stationary
use in partially weatherprotected
locations - Low degree of simulation
IEC 60605-3-4 (1992-07) Equipment reliability testing - Part 3:
Preferred test conditions - Section 4:
Test cycle 4: Equipment for portable and
non-stationary use - Low degree of
simulation
IEC 60605-3-5 (1996-03) Equipment reliability testing - Part 3:
Preferred test conditions - Section 5:
Test cycle 5: Ground mobile equipment -
Low degree of simulation
IEC 60605-3-6 (1996-08) Equipment reliability testing - Part 3:
Preferred test conditions - Section 6:
Test cycle 6: Outdoor transportable
equipment - Low degree of simulation
IEC 60605-4 (2001-08) Equipment reliability testing - Part 4:
Statistical procedures for exponential
distribution - Point estimates, confidence
intervals, prediction intervals and
tolerance intervals
IEC 60605-6 (1997-04) Equipment reliability testing - Part 6:
Tests for the validity of the constant
failure rate or constant failure intensity
assumptions
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IEC 61070 (1991-11) Compliance test procedures for steady-
state availability
IEC 61123 (1991-12) Reliability testing - Compliance test plans
for success ratio
IEC 61124 (2006-03) Reliability testing - Compliance tests for
constant failure rate and constant failure
intensity
IEC 60410 (1973-01) Sampling plans and procedures for
inspection by attributes
Reliability screening
IEC 60300-3-7 (1999-05) Dependability management - Part 3-7:
Application guide - Reliability stress
screening of electronic hardware
IEC 61163-1 (1995-08) Reliability stress screening - Part 1:
Repairable items manufactured in lots
IEC 61163-2 (1998-11) Reliability stress screening - Part 2:
Electronic components
IEC 61649 (1997-05) Goodness-of-fit tests, confidence
intervals and lower confidence limits for
Weibull distributed data
IEC 61650 (1997-08) Reliability data analysis techniques -
Procedures for comparison of two
constant failure rates and two constant
failure (event) intensities
IEC 61710 (2000-11) Power law model - Goodness-of-fit tests
and estimation methods
Reliability growth
IEC 61014 (2003-07) Programmes for reliability growth
IEC 61164 (2004-03) Reliability growth - Statistical test and
estimation methods
Reliability modelling and analysis
IEC 60319 (1999-09) Presentation and specification of
reliability data for electronic components
IEC 61709 (1996-10) Electronic components - Reliability -
Reference conditions for failure rates
and stress models for conversion
IEC 60300-3-2 (2004-11) Dependability management - Part 3-2:
Application guide - Collection of
dependability data from the field
IEC 62309 (2004-07) Dependability of products containing
reused parts - Requirements for
functionality and tests
IEC 60300-3-4 (1996-08) Dependability management - Part 3:
Application guide - Section 4: Guide
to the specification of dependability
requirements
IEC 60812 (1985-07) Analysis techniques for system
reliability - Procedure for failure
mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
IEC 61025 (1990-10) Fault tree analysis (FTA)
IEC 61078 (1991-11) Analysis techniques for dependability
- Reliability block diagram method
IEC 61165 (1995-01) Application of Markov techniques
IEC 62308 In preparation. Reliability assessment
methods
IEC 60300-3-1 (2003-01) Dependability management -
Part 3-1: Application guide - Analysis
techniques for dependability - Guide
on methodology
Technical risk anaysis
IEC 60300-3-9 (1995-12) Dependability management - Part 3:
Application guide - Section 9: Risk
analysis of technological systems
IEC 62198 (2001-04) Project risk management - Application
guidelines Risk assessment methods
IEC 61882 (2001-05) Hazard and operability studies (HAZOP
studies) - Application guide
IEC 60300-3-3 (2005-08) Dependability management - Part 3-3:
Application guide - Life cycle costing
System aspects of dependability
IEC 60300-3-15 In preparation Dependability
management - Part 3-15: Guidance to
engineering of system dependability
IEC 62347 In preparation. Guidelines for establishing
criteria for system dependability
specifications
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IEC 61713 (2000-06) Software dependability through
the software life-cycle processes -
Application guide
IEC 60300-3-2 (2004-11) Dependability management - Part 3-2:
Application guide - Collection of
dependability data from the field
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