scope:

This part of IEC 300/ISO 9000 provides guidance on dependebility programme management. It covers the essential features of a comprehensive dependability programme for the planning, organization, direction and control or resources to produce products which will be reliable and maintainable. In management terms, it is concerned with what has to be done, and why, and when and how it has to be done, but it is not specific about who should do it and where, because organizations and projects vary widely. This part of IEC/ISO 9000 is applicable to hardware and/or software products, where dependability characteristics are significant during the operation and maintenance phase. The requirements are aimed primarily at controlling influences on dependability at all product life-cycle phases from product planning to operation.