Reliability Culture
Practically, most failures can in the end be traced back to a root causes of the type of human errors of any kind, like errors in:
- Use studies
- Requirement setting
- Assumptions
- Calculations / Simulations / FEM Analysis
- Testing (incorrect load settings or failure measurement)
- Statistical analysis
- Manufacturing
- Quality Control
- Maintenance
- Feedback of information
- etc.
Human errors in Management and the organization of data and information or the Misuse or Abuse of items may also contribute to Unreliability.
This is the core reason why high levels of reliability for complex systems can only be achieved by following a robust systems engineering process with proper planning and execution of the validation and verification tasks. This also includes careful organization of data and information sharing and creating a "reliability culture" in the same sense as having a "safety culture" is paramount in the development of safety critical systems.
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