ISO 55000 - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

摘要

One of the more popular topics discussed and debated vigorously in the asset management community is the potential impact of the ISO 55000 series of standards, which was just released in January of 2014 and is the first set of international standards addressing asset management. Whenever a new standard is introduced, there is always a bit of angst on the frontlines as to how it will affect operations and what it means for the business. However, many of the people on the frontlines have been enthusiastically waiting for the promulgation of this set of standards. Adopting and conforming to ISO 55000 might not be as challenging as organizations think, as many of them will be happy to know that they already have most of the necessary components in place. Let's start with the basics of what the ISO 55000, 55001, and 55002 standards are all about. ISO 55000 contains the overview, principles, and terminology of the standard (it contains the 'should' statements), whereas 55001 contains the actual requirements (it contains the 'shall' statements). 55002 is a very useful document that provides ideas to apply the requirements that are found within 55001.