DEPENDABILITY MANAGEMENT - PART 3-4: APPLICATION GUIDE - GUIDE TO THE SPECIFICATION OF DEPENDABILITY REQUIREMENTS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General considerations for dependability specifications
4.1 The need for dependability
4.2 Requirements and goals
4.3 Systems
4.4 Demonstration of achievement of requirements
4.4.1 Concept
4.4.2 Activities
4.5 Contracting for dependability
4.6 Types of specification
4.7 Derivation of dependability specifications
5 Dependability management
6 Availability
6.1 General
6.1.1 Choice of dependability characteristic
6.1.2 Relationship between availability, reliability
and maintainability
6.2 Availability specifications
6.2.1 Quantitative requirements
6.2.2 Qualitative requirements
6.3 Provision of availability verification and validation
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Verification and validation by testing
6.3.3 Verification and validation by analysis
7 Reliability
7.1 General
7.2 Reliability specification
7.2.1 Quantitative requirements
7.2.2 Qualitative requirements
7.3 Reliability verification and validation
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Verification and validation by testing
7.3.3 Verification and validation by analysis
8 Maintainability
8.1 General
8.2 Maintainability specification
8.2.1 Quantitative requirements
8.2.2 Qualitative requirements
8.3 Maintainability verification and validation
9 Maintenance support
9.1 General
9.2 Maintenance support specification
9.2.1 Quantitative requirements
9.2.2 Qualitative requirements
9.3 Maintenance support verification and validation
Annex A (informative) Reference standards for verification
and validation techniques
Annex B (informative) Examples of reliability, maintainability,
maintenance support and availability
requirements
Bibliography
Gives guidance on specifying the required dependability characteristics in specifications, together with specifications of procedures and criteria for verification and validation.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 56 |
