#360 – THE FUTURE OF RELIABILITY ENGINEERING – CARL CARLSON

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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan

The Oxford English dictionary defines “reliability” as “the quality of being able to be trusted to do what somebody wants or needs.”

The textbook definition for “reliability” is “the probability that an item will perform its intended function for a designated period of time without failure under specified operating and environmental conditions.” Continue reading →

#359 – THREE WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR RELIABILITY THINKING – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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I often joke that being a reliability engineer makes it difficult to get on an airplane. Yet air travel is by far the safest method of transportation. Maybe I just think about failure too much.

When a project manager views the day’s tasks, she sees timelines, connections, dependencies. When a marketing manager views a product idea, she sees benefits, sales channels, and profits. When a reliability engineer views a prototype, she sees the many ways it can fail

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#359 – SMALL COMPANIES OFFER FASTER PROMOTIONS BUT HIGHER STRESS – JOHN AYERS

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Based on my career experience as a project manager, I have observed that promotions can come quicker in a small company compared to a large one. This is especially true after you have gained several years’ experience. For some reason, many large companies are slow in giving promotions unless you are a rising star.  If you are not a rising start and want to get a promotion, I suggest you look for opportunities in small companies to get the title you want (e.g., project manager). Continue reading →

#359 – CRITICALITY MAP IS VITAL TO RISK MANAGEMENT – PATRICK OW

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Criticality Map, a strategic top-down analytical tool that I developed and used, is vital for risk management, assurance mapping. and regulatory compliance. It is a great simplified tool for effectively guiding management action and resource allocation and as a sanity check.

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#359 – TIME TO CRITIQUE MISSION STATEMENTS – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Who needs them? Who reads them? What value do they have? Are they alive to change? Do they justify all the time and money spent on them? But purists quickly will respond “Absolutely!” and then claim that mission statements are indispensable. After all, you can’t steer without a rudder, navigate without a GPS, explore without a map. Continue reading →