ÖNORM EN 13291-1

1.1 General This standard defines the product assurance (PA) policy, objectives, principles and rules for the establishment and implementation of PA Programmes for projects covering mission definition, design, development, production and operations of space products including disposal. The PA discipline Covers: PA management, quality assurance, safety assurance, relia bility, availa bility and maintainability assurance, software product assurance, EEE components, materials, mechanical parts and processes. It defines their respective objectives, policies, req uirements and im plementation standards to achieve the stated overall PA objectives throughout the complete life cycle of the products. The provisions of this standard apply to space products. The requirements of this standard and its associated level 2 and 3 standards should be tailored to the needs and classes of specific projects. 1.2 Objectives The prime objective of product assurance is to assure that the space produds accomplish their defined mission objectives and more specifically that they are Safe, Available and Reliable; a further objective is to achieve more cost-effective space projects and thereby to promote the competitiveness of the European space industry by coordinating the development and implementation of appropriate PA methods and standards; in support of project risk management, PA will assure an adequate identification, appraisal, prevention and control of technical risks within project constraints. In order to meet these objectives, the PA policy is defined in this document. This policy requires a PA Programme derived from a system based and preventive approach and includes: protection of human life, space products and services, investment and environment; definition and maintenance of a project PA function, with appropriate autonomy with respect to other lines and project level organizations; integrated application (...abbreviated)