TR-652, TECHNICAL REPORT: ARMY MATERIAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY (AMSAA) RELIABILITY GROWTH GUIDE (SEP-2000)

TR-652, TECHNICAL REPORT: ARMY MATERIAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY (AMSAA) RELIABILITY GROWTH GUIDE (SEP-2000)., Reliability growth is the improvement in a reliability parameter over a period of time due to changes in product design or the manufacturing process. It occurs by surfacing failure modes and implementing effective corrective actions. Reliability growth management is the systematic planning for reliability achievement as a function of time and other resources, and controlling the ongoing rate of achievement by reallocation of these resources based on comparisons between planned and assessed reliability values. To help manage these reliability activities throughout the development life cycle, AMSAA has developed reliability growth methodology for all phases of the process, from planning to tracking to projection. The report presents this methodology and associated reliability growth concepts. [The technique is also referenced in the literature as reliability growth plots, Crow-AMSAA plots, Crow AMSAA plots, CA plots, C-A plots, C/A plots, etc.]. This document is published by the U.S. Army Material Systems Analysis Activity, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD.