dependability

International standards on dependability

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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.

Dependability
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.

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.

DEPENDABILITY MANAGEMENT

Structure diagram

TERMINOLOGY

GENERAL DEPENDABILITY

MAINTAINABILITY

MAINTENANCE SUPPORT

RISK ANALYSIS

SYSTEM ASPECTS OF DEPENDABILITY

RELIABILITY AVAILABILITY

RELIABILITY GROWTH

RELIABILITY SCREENING

RELIABILITY MODELLING AND ANALYSIS

RELIABILITY TESTING

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-todate 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 IEC standards supports the transfer of electrotechnology, assists certification and promotes international trade of uniformly high-quality products and services.

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List of standards prepared by Technical Committee 5 6 of the I E C

dependability
standards

International Electrotechnical Commission

TC 56 standards
Dependability management
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

Terminology
IEC 60050-191 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - Chapter 191: Dependability and quality of service Mathematical expressions for reliability, availability, maintainability and maintenance support terms

IEC 61703 (2001-09)

 General dependability
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

Maintainability
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

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

 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) IEC 61123 (1991-12) IEC 61124 (2006-03)

IEC 60410 (1973-01)

Compliance test procedures for steadystate availability Reliability testing - Compliance test plans for success ratio Reliability testing - Compliance tests for constant failure rate and constant failure intensity 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) IEC 61164 (2004-03) Programmes for reliability growth Reliability growth - Statistical test and estimation methods

Reliability modelling and analysis IEC 60319 (1999-09) IEC 61709 (1996-10) Presentation and specification of reliability data for electronic components 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 In preparation. Guidelines for establishing criteria for system dependability specifications

IEC 62347

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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