Reliability 101 3-Day Course

Course Description

The course covers reliability program concepts, design and analysis methods, and test and evaluation approaches. The course is ideal for persons with newly assigned responsibilities in the reliability and maintainability area, as well as managers who want to increase their awareness of the payoffs of different approaches and techniques.

Who Should Take the Course

Individuals who need to know the basics of reliability engineering as they apply to developing and fielding better products and systems. Design engineers, reliability specialists, and product/program managers will benefit from the course.

What the Student Will Learn

The student will gain an appreciation of the importance of reliability to system and product success, whether it's a military or a commercial application. They will understand the practices that are appropriate to apply for different development situations as well as the basics of implementing the practices cost effectively.

Included Materials

Attendees will receive a copy of the RIAC publication "System Reliability Toolkit" and Quanterion Solution's QuART PRO software, a $239 value.

Optional Materials

Attendees are requested to bring a scientific calculator to participate in class exercises.

Seymour Morris, CRE

Mr. Morris has more than 20 years experience in reliability research and in applying reliability approaches to military systems and commercial products. Prior to partnering in the formation of Quanterion Solutions, Mr. Morris was responsible for leading the DoD's research in the area of reliability analysis for the Rome Air Development Center (RADC) (later Rome Laboratory) as well as other projects such as investigating approaches to reliability growth. At Quanterion, Mr. Morris led the development of Quanterion's on-line REPERTOIRE training courses and supports reliability engineering application projects for government and industry customers. He has received many awards for his work and publications in the reliability field and is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE).

Course Outline

• The Need for Reliable Designs
• Reliability Terms and Measurements
• Basic Reliability Math and Models
• Reliability Data Analysis
• Tailoring Reliability Approaches
• Sources of Reliability Knowledge

• Introduction to Software Reliability
• Reliability Analyses and Benefits
• Reliability Predictions
• Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis

• Fault Tree Analysis
• Introduction to Other Types of Reliability Analyses
• Approaches to Reliabile Designs
• Effective Test Approaches
• Reliability Qualification
• Reliability Growth Testing
• Accelerated Reliability Testing
• Environmental Stress Screening