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This part of IEC 60300 gives guidance to managers and technical and financial personnel on 48 the basic principles of maintainability and maintenance activities that are applicable to any 49 organization.. 50 This document describes: 51 - the value and nature of maintainability and maintenance characteristics; 52 - the interfaces between maintainability and related dependability attributes of reliability and 53 supportability, as well as potential trade-offs that can be made through the interfaces during 54 the life cycle of an item; 55 - the elements of maintainability and maintenance programmes; 56 - the application of maintainability and maintenance programmes throughout the life cycle; 57 - assurance of meeting maintainability and maintenance requirements; 58 - maintainability and maintenance data and information management. 59 This document is applicable to equipment, software, services, or structures, and gives guidance 60 on matters of common interest to any business supplying, purchasing or sustaining products, 61 services, or structures.