Lesson 11 of 14 Ways to Acquire
Reliability Engineering Knowledge
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One of the best parts of being a reliability engineer is that everything fails! All around us, lamps, desks, chairs, books, computers, heating systems, cars, etc. are all products that have a finite lifetime.
We can see the environments in which these products are used and how those stresses affect these products and their performance. We can see people using products, appropriately and not so. We can see the impact of failure.
Just by observing we can learn a lot about how different designs work in a wide range of environments. Running our observations though the reliability engineering filter can be fun.
Another subject to observe when learning reliability engineering is people. How do people interact with products? What stresses do they apply to a product? What expectations do they have concerning a product? How do people try to troubleshoot or solve failures?
People watching can also include how one person influences another. This is part of improving your own influence skills. What works and what does not work to receive approval for a project or investment? What approach during a proposal presentation garners positive feedback and approval? What tactics work to change the behavior of a fellow engineer?
It’s a rich world of lessons out there, if we take time to observe.
Next Week: Put in order
The simple act of sorting and prioritizing may reveal what you need to know. Part of this activity is understanding each element of the problem you are trying to solve. You will learn here.
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As Yogi Berra reportedly said “You can observe a lot just by watching”.