Section 11 References

11.1.1 A number of recognised standards and other documents have been published that relate to, or support, TQ. The list below provides an overview of some of those used most prominently in relevant industries:

• API RP 17N – Recommended practice for subsea production system reliability and technical risk management;
• API RP 17Q – Subsea equipment qualification – standardized process for documentation;
• BS 5760 – Part 2 - Reliability of systems, equipment and components. Guide to the assessment of reliability;
• BS 5760 – Part 5 – Reliability of systems, equipment and components. Guide to failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMEA and FMECA);
• IEC/ISO 31010 – Risk management – risk assessment techniques;
• IEC 60812 – Analysis techniques for system reliability – procedure for failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA);
• IEC 61025 – Fault tree analysis (FTA);
• IEC 61882 – Hazard and operability (HAZOP studies) – application guide;
• IEC 62502 – Analysis techniques for dependability – event tree analysis (ETA);
• ISO 2394 – General principles on reliability for structures;
• ISO 12100 – Safety of machinery – general principles for design – risk assessment and risk reduction;
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 – Systems and software engineering – system life cycle processes;
• ISO 16290 – Space systems – Definition of the technology readiness levels (TRLs) and their criteria of assessment; and
• ISO 17776 – Petroleum and natural gas industries – offshore production installations – guidelines on tools and techniques for hazard identification and risk assessment.