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- SOR 528 Soft SkillsSOR 528 Soft SkillsAbstract
Fred discusses skills that we need to master to be effective in what we do.
Key PointsJoin Fred as he discusses the role of soft skills in being an effective reliability professional.
Topics include:
- Writing, discussing, influencing, leading, and presenting are examples of soft skills
- You can and should learn to become better deliberately
- Mastering soft skills separate the good engineers from the great skills
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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0 min - SOR 527 What You WantSOR 527 What You WantAbstract
Chris discusses … what you want. Pretty broad I know. But there are things we really want – things we dedicate our time, effort and attention to. And then there are things we say we want. And the human brain is actually specifically structure to pick up on different cues to work out if you are really interested in something (or not). So we can pretty easily work out if you say you want something – but don’t really want it to the extent you want other things. Why does this relate to reliability engineering? Click here to learn more.
Key PointsJoin Chris as he discusses what is that you want. Or more broadly – things all people want. And what we mean by this is what people really want. And when it comes to reliability – well that is when we really find out if organizations really want it.
Topics include:
- Our actions show us what we want. Saying we want something is one thing. But we only give of ourselves to things we really want. So we might say that we want something, but we will dedicate our own attention, resources, time, effort and expertise to the things we really want to do.
- Human beings know when those around them talk about what they want. You can see from the inflection in people’s voices, the expressions on their faces and their body language when they are excited about something. In fact, there are regions of the brain dedicated to this sort of non-literal communication.
- … which means that we know when other people are talking about things they don’t really want. Which is why we have the saying ‘talk is cheap.’ If you value something to the extent that you really want it, then you will do something to get it.
- What about reliability engineering? Everyone says they want it. But if a CEO makes reliability the last point on the agenda, delegates reliability to someone else, never seems to have the time to deal with reliability, then the entire organization will quickly follow suit. Because the leadership sets the tone for the culture. And shows what they value in terms of everyone else’s performance through how they act.
- And unfortunately, this is the behaviour we tend to see … a lot. Leadership who say they want something to be reliable, but only deal with it begrudgingly and at the end of discussions on other things – like budget and schedule.
- But the good news is that it is easy to want it. Get yourself involved. Get your team involved. Sure there will be a learning curve – but all you have to do as a leader is show that you are dedicating your time to it – and often your team will do the rest.
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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0 min - SOR 526 Advanced versus Traditional MethodsSOR 526 Advanced versus Traditional MethodsAbstract
Carl discusses the role of advanced reliability methods, and why both traditional and advanced reliability methods are important.
Key PointsJoin Carl as he discusses the following topics:
- What are traditional reliability methods and why are they important?
- What are advanced reliability methods and why are they important?
- Learn and use both traditional and advanced reliability methods
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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0 min - SOR 525 The Chain of RobustnessSOR 525 The Chain of RobustnessAbstract
Adam discusses the importance of following the path of “next in line” failures as stresses increase.
Key PointsJoin Adam as he discusses the importance of following the path of “next in line” failures as stresses increase.
Topics include:- By plotting the types of failures that follow in series as stress increases trends of robustness can be found.
- The team should determine the point in the chain that no longer drives design improvement, your “final fuse.”
- These characteristics in linear succession create a great bse for root cause analysis when new failure modes are discovered later in the program.
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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0 min - SOR 524 Why Did I Write a HALT BookWhy Did I Write a HALT BookAbstract
Kirk discusses the reason he wrote a book, co-authored with John Paschkewitz, on basic HALT and HASS methods along with new developments and opportunities to use HALT methods for digital software-hardware failure issues.
Key PointsJoin Kirk as he discusses some of the ideas that are included in his book “Next Generation HALT and HASS: Robust Design of Electronics and Systems”.
Topics include:- Thermal HALT has been demonstrated to be able to stimulate field software failures on digital systems.
- The many difficulties of getting real failure data to be published
- A request for all to read a paper from the 2013 RAMS from the US ARMY and CALCE (link in the show notes below) clearly shows why “Reliability Prediction is a Misleading Approach” for reliability development.
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.
Download Audio RSSShow NotesHere is a link to Kirk’s book co-authored with John J. Paschkewitz available from Amazon “Next Generation HALT and HASS: Robust Design of Electronics and Systems”
Here is the link to the US ARMY/CALCE PAPER presented at the 2013 RAMS conference event mentioned in this podcast– “Reliability Prediction – A Continued Reliance on a Misleading Approach” . This is a government document that is in the public domain and should be distributed a read by any engineer that believes failure prediction methodology is useful or beneficial during product development.
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0 min - SOR 523 Reliability Centered MaintenanceSOR 523 Getting the Best from Your Root Cause AnalysisAbstract
James discusses the story of the one machine that was causing a lot of grief.
Key PointsJoin James as he discusses
Topics include:- Root Cause Analysis on the failures just wasn’t getting ahead of curve to prevent problems.
- Fault Tree Analysis – helps identify what the real problem of systemic issues.
- Keep going till you get to the systemic management and cultural issues, then solve those.
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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0 min - SOR 522 Create ValueSOR 522 Create ValueAbstract
Fred discusses learning how to capturing the value created when working as a reliability engineer.
Key PointsJoin Fred as he discusses that understanding the value of proposed tasks helps to prioritize, plus capturing achieved value helps you document your work’s worth.
Topics include:
- Moving from assuming our work is valuable to quantifying the actual value.
- Part cost and the change in failure rate.
- Connecting your work to what is of value to the organization.
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.
Download Audio RSSShow NotesFinding Value the ebook
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0 min - SOR 521 Rules and Reliability EngineeringSOR 521 RulesAbstract
Chris discusses ‘rules’ – rules we need to apply and rules we must bend. Rules can range from traditional practices and procedures through to the laws of nature. But we as reliability engineers need to know which of these rules we must adhere to, and which are our duty to try and bend. Want to learn more? Listen to this podcast!
Key PointsJoin Chris as he discusses ‘rules.’ Rules we need to apply and rules we must bend. Rules can be anything. Something a textbook tells us to do. Or a standards document. Or direction from a senior practitioner – like a rule of thumb. Nuggets of gold. Then there are the rules associated with the laws of physics. A fancy name for rules. But we should only follow certain unalienable rules. Rules like the laws of nature, physics, and statistics. They change for no one. But if we are trying to develop something new and exciting, then the rules that used to apply may not be helpful anymore. In fact, they may give us a false sense that we have a reliable product.
Topics include:
- Rule #1 – the ‘laws’ of statistics and physics (can’t bend). Le’ts say we get test results where most of the data is ‘good.’ Most of our prototypes survived until the end of our reliability demonstration test. But a certain number failed to survive until the end of our test – which puts our developmental milestone in jeopardy. What do we do? Call these few data points that will get in the way of progress as ‘outliers’? Things that don’t count? The clear answer is we clearly shouldn’t. But we often can’t help ourselves. We look at the failures in greater detail and try to discredit them. Our customers will never use them in that way. That defect won’t be present once our manufacturing process is more mature. We can design that issue out before our final production prototype and so on. And before long … we have convinced ourselves that the laws of large numbers and physics shouldn’t apply.
- Rule #2 – the ways we have always done something (should bend). I have worked with the satellite industry. And satellites need to follow processes and procedures described in guidebooks, standards, traditional qualification tests and so on. All these rules tend to focus on wear-out failure mechanisms and modes. But – every academic study to date has shown that satellites suffer from wear-in or infant mortality failures. This makes sense – most satellites are ‘one-offs’ or made on very small production runs. Unfortunately, so much time and money are focused on following the rules that make us focus on wear-out failures only. And the processes and procedures aren’t changing any time soon. Why? Because it is easy to keep doing the same thing that everyone else has done and get that sense of security.
I daresay you can think of many more examples! But the point is that we must focus on reliability. Rules are only helpful if they help us achieve reliability. This means we adhere to the laws of physics, but don’t mindlessly do the same thing we have been doing for the last 10 years.
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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0 min - SOR 520 The Importance of People SkillsSOR 520 The Importance of People SkillsAbstract
Carl discusses how good people skills can supplement your reliability engineering skills, and why they are both important.
Key PointsJoin Carl as he discusses the following topics:
- People skills are essential to achieving reliability objectives
- Enhance your message by focusing on areas that drive your passion
- When presenting to a group, talk to the individuals in the group, not the “group”
- Developing people skills is a life long journey
- Reliability engineering involves influencing other people
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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0 min - SOR 519 Defining Use Cases for a ProductSOR 519 Defining Use Cases for a ProductAbstract
Adam discusses the importance of defining use cases thoroughly and early
Key PointsJoin Adam as he discusses the importance of defining use cases thoroughly and early
Topics include:- The exercise of use case definition should be a formal step in the product development process
- Include as much of the team as possible. It’s the corner cases that drive the warranty cost in many product lines
- Keep the use case’s “alive”. Revisit them and see if any case factors have changed or new information found.
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.
Download Audio RSSShow NotesThe post SOR 519 Defining Use Cases for a Product appeared first on Accendo Reliability.
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