The managerial issues encountered during the development of FRATOOLS, a computerized methodology for performing failure rate analysis, are described. FRATOOLS was developed inhouse because a tool was needed for performing failure rate analysis in a concurrent engineering environment. No suitable commercial software or shareware could be found which adequately supports concurrent engineering. FRATOOLS consists of several stand-alone programs integrated together to work as a single software package. The FRATOOLS methodology complies with the methods contained in Mil-Hdbk-217E. Some of the novel elements of FRATOOLS include the use of smart software for automating the decision-making process, capability to compute the failure rates for advanced technology devices, and integrating the methodology with the design process in a manner which fully supports concurrency in the design of radar systems.


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    Title :

    How we put reliability tools into the hands of designers


    Additional title:

    Wie wir Zuverlässigkeitswerkzeuge in die Hände des Entwerfers legen


    Contributors:
    Jackson, T. (author)


    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 6 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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