IEC 60300-3-2 Ed. 2.0 b:2004, Dependability management - Part 3-2: Application guide - Collection of dependability data from the field

This part of IEC 60300 provides guidelines for the collection of data relating to reliability, maintainability, availability and maintenance support performance of items operating in the field. It deals in general terms with the practical aspects of data collection and presentation and briefly explores the related topics of data analysis and presentation of results. Emphasis is made on the need to incorporate the return of experience from the field in the dependability process as a main activity.