Course Aim

This Reliability Demonstration Course teaches students when a reliability demonstration test is relevant, what it achieves, and how to plan it. The methodology aligns with the principles in MIL-STD-781 Reliability Test Methods, Plans and Environments for Engineering Development, Qualification and Production. All forms of reliability demonstration testing involves ‘statistical confidence’ that comes as resource and planning costs. Students will be taught about these costs, understand how random processes drive ‘confidence’ (and risk) in demonstration test conclusions and how to optimize test planning to maximize ‘decision actionable information.’ This course also provides students with their own Reliability Demonstration Test Planning Tool (Microsoft Excel) that simplifies test planning.

Students who need to plan, oversee and implement (on-demand) reliability demonstration testing will benefit from this course.

Course Outline

Introduction | What is reliability? | Random variable basics | Confidence and reliability specifications | Reliability demonstration test planning | Common issues with reliability test plans | Probability-Ratio Sequential Testing (PRST) | Class exercise

Course Material

The following resources will be provided to attendees of this course:

1. An editable PDF course workbook

2. Reliability Demonstration Testing Template (Microsoft Excel) – licensed for student use only