If your team is attempting to improve the design of the product from a reliability and safety perspective. Which techniques would you recommend and Why ?
If your team is attempting to improve the design of the product from a reliability and safety perspective. Which techniques would you recommend and Why ? Saving Changes...
Reliability and safety both fall under the realm of quality objectives. As such, I'd use the applicable quality tools. A framework such as LSS could be used to identify, prioritize and address key pain points using a combination of empirical data and the wisdom of the organization.
It has to do with the nature and industry of the project. For some projects, as Kiron mentioned, quality tools may help. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Google RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety) and NFR (non-functional requirements).
They have to be architected in, and tested. Saving Changes...
I see reliability and safety as two distinct topics. A few years ago an initiative was started in our organization to systematically review potential safety issues associated with all of our fielded equipment. Questionnaires/ templates were created to identify the concern/ issue, nature, risk, consequence, response, etc. The data was gathered, assimilated, and reviewed by senior leadership annually to ensure the necessary action was being taken to mitigate/ eliminate certain issues. For more info on safety you may want to look at MIl-STD-882.DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARD PRACTICE: SYSTEM SAFETY. Saving Changes...
As Thomas mentioned, we used something referred to as RAMD (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Dependability) testing many many years ago as part of an acquisition strategy to procure a military jeep. We tested 3 vehicles over a 2 year period to accumulate a combined mileage that statistically represented a life time of use. During that time, we identified many "reliability" issues so much so that over 150 design changes were incorporated into the vehicles during the testing phase. This made for a much more robust and reliable product in the end for us and other customers of their vehicle. Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
I think rather than choosing between the two techniques, a more productive viewpoint might be to combine the best attributes of each for making clever design decisions. Saving Changes...
