From 15 to 18 June 2010, the first (informal) meeting of ISO PC251 Working Group was held in London. This ISO working group is developing a new standard in the field of asset management, ISO 55000. The UK and The Netherlands also have a delegation in this ISO working group.
During this meeting, the following decisions were made regarding ISO 55000:
- The scope is limited to physical assets;
- The standard will focus on “what”, not “how”;
- The standard will focus on the optimisation of on organisation instead of the optimization of assets only;
- The development of a “maturity model”, which enables assessment of the maturity of asset management in an organisation, is desirable;
- The standard will preferably be developed by the “asset managers” and “asset owners”.