5. Conclusion

This article shows, step by step, how to develop and implement the relevant standards to ensure that a system functions correctly and seamlessly throughout its lifecycle, is financially sustainable, and gives full satisfaction to all stakeholders, from users to maintainers, and from managers to regulators.

After defining standards and positioning them in relation to standards, regulations and patents, the article shows the relevance of standards, both from an economic point of view and in terms of system lifetime.

The article goes on to present three ways of driving standards production: by technologies, by capabilities and by both capabilities and technologies. The latter is more detailed, and shows the approach to be used in the case of a long-life system. The article presents the activities involved in selecting the right standards for...