I. Reliability Management
B. Reliability program management
5. Design evaluation (Analyze)
Use validation verification, and other review techniques to assess the reliably of a product’s design at various lifecycle stages.
Feedback to the design team at each stage should include meaningful identification of reliability risk, estimates, evaluations and performance.
Additional References
Reliability and the Development Phase Gate Process (article)
Design Reviews with Reliability Matter (article)
Reliability Questions to Ask During a Review (article)
Quick Quiz
1-97. Who is the best candidate to chair a design review committee?
(A) the reliability engineer
(B) the chief designer on the project
(C) the person most capable of making design decisions
(D) a member of senior management
(C) the person most capable of making design decisions
Every organization will establish a policy (written or not) on the make up of design review teams. The leader or chair of the review committee may change to suit the nature of the review, and in each case should be someone able to make decisions as needed to address issues raised and discussed during the review. This may be any of the named positions in the responses, yet best serves te purpose of the review if the person is able to make decisions and allocate resources to implement action items.
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