Track 3 Session 6

9:10 to 10:10 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Managing Uptime by Design

This presentation describes a systematic approach to managing system uptime by designing control of reliability and serviceability features to meet predetermined uptime requirements using design methods to balance reliability and serviceability requirements. Too often in our products we are left to deal with whatever reliability and serviceability was convenient, or left to the designers who lacked direction from customers and/or key stakeholders. This presentation proposes a method to capture, incorporate and validate these key features.

Key Words: Uptime Management, DFR, Design for Reliability

Dave Darley

GE Healthcare

Salt Lake City, Utah