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.
How we put reliability tools into the hands of designers
Wie wir Zuverlässigkeitswerkzeuge in die Hände des Entwerfers legen
1991
6 Seiten, 6 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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