Reliability Program Handbook

Abstract

<div class="section abstract"> <div class="htmlview paragraph">This handbook provides “how to” guidance to industry and government for the reliability Activities and Methods contained in ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009 for developing reliable products and systems, successfully demonstrating them during test and evaluation, and sustaining them throughout the system/product life cycle.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009 requires the developers and customer/users working as a team to plan and implement a reliability program that provides systems/products that satisfy the user’s requirements and expectations using a systems engineering approach. The four Objectives of ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009 are listed below:</div> <ul class="list disc"> <li class="list-item"> <div class="htmlview paragraph"><b>Objective 1</b>: Understand Customer/User Requirements and constraints. The team (developer, customer, and user), includes the Activities necessary to ensure that the user’s requirements and product needs are fully understood and defined, so that a comprehensive design specification and Reliability Program Plan are generated.</div></li> <li class="list-item"> <div class="htmlview paragraph"><b>Objective 2</b>: Design and redesign for reliability. The developer implements a set of engineering Activities so that the resulting system/product satisfies the customer’s documented requirements and needs.</div></li> <li class="list-item"> <div class="htmlview paragraph"><b>Objective 3</b>: Produce reliable systems/products. The developer performs the Activities that assure the customer that the reliability requirements and product needs have been satisfied.</div></li> <li class="list-item"> <div class="htmlview paragraph"><b>Objective 4:</b> Monitor and assess user reliability. The team establishes a closed-loop feedback method for continuous monitoring of reliability trends and incorporation of recommended improvements (corrective actions).</div></li></ul> <div class="htmlview paragraph">ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009 and this Handbook define a systematic approach to engineering a system/product, incorporating best practices that have evolved considerably in recent years.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph"><span class="xref">Figure 1.1-1</span> shows the four objectives, defined in Section 1.4.2 of ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, and is a defense industry example of the interaction of the Objectives, supporting Activities and Methods, and strategies for reliable system design in the acquisition cycle.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">The four Objectives in ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009 have Activities associated with them. These Activities are further developed in this Handbook as shown in <span class="xref">Figure 1.1-2</span>. The four objectives of the standard are shown on the left and the derived activities in the handbook are on the right.</div> </div>