Track 1 Session 7
1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday June 10, 2009

Developing a Better Reliability Test Program

More and more industries are competing on reliability and companies need to develop more reliable products faster. However, reliability test plans are often generic or blindly follow partially applicable industry standards. Test plans must be tailored to fit specific customer use profiles in order to be meaningful. Reliability testing often occurs too late in the process, leading to later stage redesign and delay. Tests and improvements often are performed when time is short, development is nearly complete, engineering corrections are difficult and costly, and the product is nearly frozen. This presentation will offer a solution to two fundamental issues: the problem of testing too little can be solved with more robust test plans and the problem of testing too late can be solved with early reliability testing.