Building a Reliability Plan

Each product development project is different.

Different features, customers, use cases, and expectations. Let’s discuss how to build a custom reliability program that fits your specific situation.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

– attributed to Albert Einstein, basically describes many organizations’ reliability project plans.

The idea that a set of activities will effectively address all of the reliability risks of a new design is too common across industries.

Why is this?

Let’s explore recognizing the current situation and which activities provide the most value.

The focus should be on creating a product that meets customer and business expectations with the lowest risk and cost.
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Establishing Reliability Goals

The way we communicate goals directly impacts the achievement of the goal. Creating and succinctly stating a reliability goal necessary for the leadership it provides an organization when designing a new product. The reliability goal statement includes four elements:

• function
• environment
• probability of success
• duration.

The function definition provides one means to define failure conditions. The environment includes elements such as weather and elements related to use frequency. ᐅ Play Episode