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Very good summary on reliability growth, and you didn't even mention J.T. Duane, an engineering manager for General Electric.
John (no wonder he used his initials!) used simple calculus to lay out the management of reliability over time.
Later Larry Crow added some statistical rigor to invent the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) methods of assessment, so management wouldn't make the wrong decision too soon, as the congress critters and GAO seem bound and determined to do.
All this has been well known for years, with references available on the internet. http://www.amsaa.army.mil/ReliabilityTechnology/RelTools.html
So if they read your complaint and don't change, it is because they don't want to know, and they have their fingers in their ears.
Jul 9, 2012, 8:46:39 PM