MULTI-DISCIPLINE APPROACH FOR ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY.

Abstract

Configuration Management, Personnel Subsystem, and Maintainability program requirements are being incorporated as funded line items into system and equipment contractual documents by the Electronic Systems Division (ESD). Value Engineering incentive clauses are an additional contractual provision. Each of these disciplines makes specific contributions in the achievement of operational reliability. Incentive provisions for reliability, Contractor Definition Phase, and Life Cycle Cost are contractual arrangements which improve Government-Contractor management interest in reliability. Current ESD reliability demonstration methods will require further revision as increases in system reliability are achieved. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0809625

Entities

People

  • George H. Allen
  • Richard M. Demilia

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Configuration Management
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Demonstrations
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Maintainability
  • Motivation
  • Reliability
  • Resource Management
  • Value Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics