To ensure product reliability, an organization must follow certain practices during the product development process that impact reliability. The second edition of this bestselling volume helps professionals to identify the shortcomings in the reliability practices of their organizations and empowers them to take actions to overcome them.

Product Effectiveness and Worth. Reliability Concepts. Statistical Inference Concepts. Practical Probability Distributions for Product Reliability Analysis. Confidence Intervals. Hardware Reliability. Software Reliability. Failure Modes, Mechanisms, and Effects Analysis. Design for Reliability. System Reliability Modeling. Reliability Analysis of Redundant and Fault-Tolerant Products. Reliability Models and Data Analysis for Repairable Products. Continuous Reliability Improvement. Logistics Support. Product Effectiveness and Cost Analysis. Process Capability and Process Control.