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#350 – TWO STEP APPROACH TO GET BETTER AT WHAT YOU DO – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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How is it that some people continue to get better at managing meetings, designing complex test plans, making presentations, or solving problems? How in general do people improve their performance over time at something?

Two Questions

Peter Bregman in a Harvard Business Review article (November 09, 2019) titled “If You Want to Get Better at Something, Ask Yourself These Two Questions” outlined the process. The first question is: “Do you want to get better?” If you accept your current performance then there is no need to go further. Continue reading →

#349 – DEALING WITH RELIABILITY RELATED UNCERTAINTY – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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Uncertainty is another word for risk. Reliability uncertainty or risk is neither good nor bad, it just a bit unknown. Until we know the outcome, the eventual reliability performance, we will not know the impact.

So, how do we deal with reliability uncertainty? Will our product or system work as expected over time, or will it fail? Let’s examine a few of the common approaches in use and when and why the approach is effective. Continue reading →

#348 – ART OF CREATING A RELIABILITY PLAN – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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A plan is a road map toward a destination. It provide guidance toward a goal. The idea of a plan is to consider the path forward, the knowledge necessary to acquire, and the decisions along the way.

No plan is perfect other than those that successfully accommodate the successes and setbacks along the way. No plan can anticipate all the information yet to be uncovered, yet it can set a course to deliberately uncover what is necessary to move forward. Continue reading →

#347 – RESILIENCE, RESOLVE AND RELIABLE PRODUCTS – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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The essence of creating a reliable product involves making informed decisions. Informed related to the implications of the various options on reliability performance. Yet, these decisions, made nearly every day during the early stages of a product’s lifecycle are fraught with uncertainty. Continue reading →

#345 – HELP YOUR TEAM MAKE BETTER RELIABILITY DECISIONS – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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While in the US Army many years ago, I took command of an artillery battery. My first day included sitting down with my boss, the battalion commander. I’ve used the advice he gave me every day since.

He said that I needed to make decisions. It’s great when they are good decisions, you can learn from decisions that don’t work out well. He also said the only thing not allowed is not making a decision. Continue reading →