Improving Product Reliability and Software Quality, 2nd Edition

List of Figures

1. 1. Figure 1.1 Product cost is determined early in development.
   2. Figure 1.2 Cost to fix a design increases an order of magnitude with each subse...
   3. Figure 1.3 The reliability process reduces the number of ECOs required after pr...
   4. Figure 1.4 Including reliability in concurrent engineering reduces time to mark...
   5. Figure 1.5 Product introduction relative to competitors.
   6. Figure 1.6 The ICM process.
2. 1. Figure 2.1 Overcoming reliability hurdles bring significant rewards.
3. 1. Figure 5.1 The six phases of the product life cycle.
   2. Figure 5.2 The ICM process.
   3. Figure 5.3 A risk mitigation program (ICM) needs to address risk issues in all ...
4. 1. Figure 6.1 The bathtub curve (timescale is logarithmic).
   2. Figure 6.2 Cumulative failure curve.
   3. Figure 6.3 Light bulb theoretical example.
   4. Figure 6.4 Availability as a function of MTBF and MTTR. Note: The curve has a s...
   5. Figure 6.5 Design maturity testing – accept/reject criteria.
   6. Figure 6.6 Number of fan failures vs. run time.
   7. Figure 6.7 Mechanism that can cause degradation and failure.
   8. Figure 6.8 PHM data collection and processing to detect degradation..
5. 1. Figure 7.1 Functional block diagram.
   2. Figure 7.2 Filled‐out functional block diagram.
   3. Figure 7.3 Schematic diagram of a flashlight.
   4. Figure 7.4 Functional block diagram of a flashlight.
   5. Figure 7.5 Functional block diagram of a flashlight using Post‐its.
   6. Figure 7.6 Fault tree logic symbols.
   7. Figure 7.7 Fault tree diagram for flashlight ...