TS EN IEC 62960

TS EN IEC 62960 is a technical guidance standard for handling dependability reviews throughout a system’s life cycle. Its focus is on structured review activity from design and development through operation and maintenance, so that potential dependability issues can be identified early and appropriate actions can be triggered at the right time.

Purpose of dependability reviews across the life cycle

Dependability reviews are structured assessment activities that help evaluate whether a system can perform its intended function with the required reliability over time. The general approach of this standard is that reviews should not be confined to a single stage: activities carried out at different life-cycle stages should remain coherent, and their combined impact on dependability should be considered. In practice, this makes it easier to surface issues for action by the relevant parties in development, manufacturing, use, or independent review contexts.

Review framework covered by the standard

• Coherence of review activities across life-cycle stages and their impact on dependability
• Stakeholder identification and how it influences review activities
• Relationships between different types of reviews
• Procedures for effective dependability reviews
• Examples of dependability review activities

In general technical terms, guidance of this kind helps developers, manufacturers, users, and independent third-party reviewers work with a shared understanding of dependability review practice. Such reviews bring together failure trends, maintenance feedback, design assumptions, manufacturing influences, and operating conditions, so cross-functional coordination matters. TS EN IEC 62960 is therefore best understood as a methodological guide for planning and conducting dependability reviews throughout the life cycle, rather than as a narrowly defined test method standard.