AS/NZS 3692:1993

Provides an overview to the family of systems management Standards. These Standards are partitioned into groups with the scope and principal components of each group specified. Guidance is given on the development of systems management Standards and how they interrelate. A model for systems management is established which identifies several aspects of systems management. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 10040:1992.

This Recommendation International Standardû provides an overview to the family of systems management standards;û establishes the basis for partitioning the systems management standards into separate groups, specifying the scope of each group and identifying the principal components within each group;û gives guidance on the development of systems management standards and identifies the way they relate to each other;û defines terms for use by other systems management standards.û is applicable to the definition of all systems management standards and to all aspects of systems management of whatever scale;û is applicable to situations in which the responsibility for systems management is centralised and those where it is decentralised;û establishes a model for systems management identifies several aspects of systems management (i.e., information, functional, communications, and organizational), and further refines the model to clarify these aspects;û identifies the principles governing conformance requirements and conformance claims to systems management standards.There are no conformance requirements on the main body of this Recommendation International Standard, however it does specify requirements on standards claiming compliance to systems management.Annex A of this Recommendation International Standard defines an application context for systems management and specifies the rules for negotiating systems management functional units. There are conformance requirements associated with these rules.

First published as Joint Standard AS/NZS 3692:1993.