This part of IEC 60300 provides guidelines for the development of failure management policiesfor equipment and structures using reliability centred maintenance (RCM) analysis techniques.This part serves as an application guide and is an extension of IEC 60300-3-10, IEC 60300-3-12 and IEC 60300-3-14. Maintenance activities recommended in all three standards, whichrelate to preventive maintenance, may be implemented using this standard.The RCM method can be applied to items such as ground vehicles, ships, power plants,aircraft, and other systems which are made up of equipment and structure, e.g. a building,airframe or ship's hull. Typically, equipment compris