Building a Reliability

PlanFred Schenkelberg

ARE RELIABILITY ACTIVITIES PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT PLAN?

Integrated or not?

IS RELIABILITY AN ADD-ON TO THE PROJECT?

Who makes reliability related decisions?

5 Key Elements of a

Reliability PlanGoal, Risks, Estimates,

Variability & Post Launch

Reliability Goal

• Function

• Environment

• Probability

• Duration

Connect to:Business &Customer

Expectations

Reliability Risks

Determine what can fail or lead to failure

WHICH APPROACH/TOOLS DO YOU REGULARLY USE?

Which risk identification tools add value?

FMEA

HALT

Estimate ReliabilityPlan on getting the feedback

the team needs to make decisions

WHICH APPROACH/TOOLS DO YOU REGULARLY USE?

Which predictions/estimation tools add value?

Engineering Estimate

Parts CountPrediction

Reliability Modeling

Life & AcceleratedLife Test Data

Field Data

Minimize Variability

Variation happens, where important what can you do to

manage?

WHICH APPROACH/TOOLS DO YOU REGULARLY USE?

Which variability minimization tools add value?

Design ofExperiments

Derating & Stress Strength

StatisticalProcessControl

Post LaunchHow is it going?

What can you improve?

WHICH APPROACH/TOOLS DO YOU REGULARLY USE?

Which customer feedback tools/paths add value?

Call Center

Field Returns

Delta Phase

5 Key Elements

1. Establish Goals

2. Identify Risks

3. Estimate Reliability

4. Minimize Variability

5. Monitor Performance

• Boy with model plan

Reliability Value

What are your

Questions?Thanks for participating.