• DocumentCode
    1847991
  • Title

    Five basic steps to problem trending

  • Author

    Bombara, Elwood L.

  • Author_Institution
    Calspan Corp., Huntsville, AL, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    23-25 Jan 1990
  • Firstpage
    31
  • Lastpage
    35
  • Abstract
    Five basic steps to problem trending evolved from experience in trending problems on Space Shuttle hardware are discussed: extracting data; constructing a Pareto chart of all failure modes; constructing normalized subsystem, component, and failure-mode trend charts; identifying trend direction; and providing a summary assessment. The five-step method has been useful for identifying failure modes of concern, evaluating the effectiveness of corrective actions, and determining funding allocation
  • Keywords
    failure analysis; space vehicles; Pareto chart; Space Shuttle hardware; failure modes; problem trending; Contracts; Design engineering; Failure analysis; Fatigue; Hardware; Independent component analysis; NASA; Pareto analysis; Process design; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1990. Proceedings., Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARMS.1990.67926
  • Filename
    67926