Overview
IEC TR 63082-1:2020, "Intelligent device management – Part 1: Concepts and terminology", is an IEC Technical Report that defines the foundational concepts and common terminology for Intelligent Device Management (IDM). The document explains how IDM relates to existing asset management practices and standards, and introduces activity structures and program-level concepts for coordinating multiple stakeholders involved in device lifecycle, configuration and maintenance.
Key topics and technical scope
The report focuses on conceptual guidance rather than prescriptive technical requirements. Major topics covered include:
- Terms and definitions for IDM and related concepts to ensure consistent communication across organizations.
- Structure of IDM: organizational models, IDM program documents, work processes, procedures and tasks.
- Lifecycles: device technology lifecycle, device lifecycle, facility lifecycle and IDM program lifecycle, including timing and relationships between them.
- Maintenance processes: run-to-failure, condition-based diagnostics, automated fault handling, scheduled inspection/testing, and selection factors such as criticality and failure consequences.
- Notification management: notification types, sources, delivery mechanisms (alerts, process value status, operation modes) and recommended actions (real‑time automated, operator responses, semi‑real‑time and planned responses).
- Configuration management: device templates, toolkits, bulk and individual device configuration, and maintenance of configuration data.
- Diagrams and annexes: UML/class and activity diagrams, swimlane charts, criticality ranking examples and summary tables supporting implementation planning.
Practical applications
This report provides the conceptual foundation for implementing IDM across industries that rely on intelligent field and control devices, such as:
- Utilities (power generation, transmission, distribution)
- Process industries (oil & gas, chemical, manufacturing)
- Building automation and smart infrastructure
- Vendors of intelligent devices, system integrators and software providers
Use cases include establishing an IDM program, defining common terms for cross‑organizational projects, designing maintenance strategies, configuring large fleets of intelligent devices, and planning notification/alert handling and lifecycle coordination.
Who should use this standard
- Asset managers and maintenance engineers defining device strategies
- Operations and engineering managers coordinating multi‑stakeholder IDM programs
- System integrators, device manufacturers and software vendors aligning product data models and workflows
- Standards developers and consultants seeking harmonized terminology for IDM
Related standards
IEC TR 63082-1 positions IDM in the broader context of asset management and references other IEC publications and vocabularies to align terminology. It is intended as conceptual guidance to complement normative asset management and device-specific standards published by the IEC.