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Philip Sage

Vendor MTBF Claim

Philip and Fred discussing a listener question about how to verify vendor claims about reliability

Key Points

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss:

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss
Topics include:

  • Assumptions and which party may benefit.
  • Statistical approaches and a few tips
  • Are standards and textbooks failing us?

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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Balancing Reliability Into Your Organization

Philip and Fred discussing the difference between doing tasks and using the results to make decisions.

Key Points

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss
Topics include:

  • To get the ROI you have to actually use the results of a task
  • How do you select the right tools/tasks for your program?
  • Understanding the business and customer needs then balance reliability activities

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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Backward Blueprinting to Drive Building a Plan

Philip and Fred discussing the idea of getting clear around what you want to have when working on reliability within a product, system, or program.

Key Points

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss:

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss the benefits of understanding the desired outcome of accomplishing a reliability plan.

Topics include:

  • A reliability plan is not a set list of specific tasks.
  • Consider future objectives and vision for the organization – then set up tasks to get there
  • Reliability work is like a journey with the plan providing milestones as guides

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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How much do you really need to know about reliability?

Philip and Fred discuss the journey of learning reliability engineering.

Key Points

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss:

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss the need to know enough to solve problems and to know when you do not know enough.

Topics include:

  • The need to learn a little bit every day
  • How to continue to learn after you read the one book
  • Know enough to know if the solution is appropriate or correct

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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R U Ready to Teach Reliability?

Philip and Fred discussing the general need to be able to teach reliability all the time.

Key Points

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss:

Join Philip and Fred as they discuss teaching reliability at all levels from the short explanations, to presentations, and via courses.

Topics include:

  • Be prepared so the learning experience works for the audience
  • A great way to master a topic is to teach reliability
  • Different methods of learning and being adaptable

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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