scope:

This document provides requirements and guidance for obsolescence management applicable to any organization that is dependent on another organization to obtain value from the usefulness of the items that it provides. A cost-effective obsolescence management process and the activities used to implement the process are applicable throughout all phases of an item's life cycle.

This document covers the following areas:

• establishing an obsolescence management policy;

• establishing an infrastructure and an organization;

• developing an obsolescence management plan (OMP);

• developing strategies to minimize obsolescence during design;

• determining an obsolescence management approach;

• selecting obsolescence resolution and implementation;

• measuring and improving the performance of the outcomes of the obsolescence management activities.

Guidance on obsolescence management is included as notes, in the informative annexes and references in the Bibliography.