One of our readers, John Hurtley from Tolomatic, wrote the following: We have been doing design reliability testing for sometime now. We're using a software tool from ReliaSoft that works well in designing the test and analyzing the results. A major problem within our wall is selecting a reliability level to be achieved and the applied confidence bounds that should be used for our product / industry. Does anyone know of a resource that could help in providing a bench mark for reliability? Ideally a list of industries and the reliability levels typically applied. Or, a define method / tool that would assist us to determine our reliability requirements from within. Mike Silverman's response: Reliability goal setting is not something you will find in any specific tool. This is something …
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