Track 2 Session 10
9:10 to 10:10 a.m. Friday June 22, 2007

Multisite Reliability Growth Testing

Managing a Reliability Growth Testing program on a complex project with multiple design facilities and multiple test sites imposes additional complexities and considerations. To be successful, communications must be both real-time and more comprehensive than is the case for a single site project. A case study is used to illustrate how this type of project was successfully managed for a complex laboratory testing medical device, with ReliaSoft's XFRACAS software used to facilitate communication. Critical success factors are highlighted:

1. management commitment
2. reliability planning
3. FRACAS setup
4. training
5. configuration management
6. meeting structure
7. reporting
8. measures of performance