DocumentCode :
3373370
Title :
R&M software tools: their importance to concurrent engineering
Author :
Vaccaro, James M. ; Caroli, Joseph A. ; Lyne, George W. ; Richards, Dale W.
Author_Institution :
Rome Air Dev. Center, Griffiss AFB, NY, USA
fYear :
1992
fDate :
1992
Firstpage :
83
Lastpage :
91
Abstract :
Reliability, maintainability and testability (R/M/T) requirements have a significant influence on systems acquisition. Further, early design decisions are a major determinant of systems cost and performance. More than 80% of the life-cycle cost of a system will have been determined by the end of the design phase. Recognition of these two facts has highlighted the need for better R/M/T design capabilities. Increasing cooperation among the various computer-aided R/M/T processes will aid in decreasing life-cycle costs and improving the quality of design. Recognizing this, Rome Air Development Center (RADC) has pursued the development of several computer-aided R/M/T procedures. Several critical issues remain before the full benefit of these tools to concurrent engineering can be realized. These issues include: access to current design information by reliability and maintainability (R&M) engineers, communication of R&M data among the several design participants, and the need for timely and relevant data. The software tools described in this paper can have a positive impact on the evolution of the design process, but only if fully integrated into a concurrent engineering environment
Keywords :
CAD; automatic test equipment; concurrent engineering; maintenance engineering; reliability; Rome Air Development Center; computer aided design; concurrent engineering; design quality; life-cycle cost; maintainability; performance; reliability; software tools; systems acquisition; systems cost; testability; Circuit analysis computing; Computer aided engineering; Concurrent engineering; Costs; Electronic equipment testing; Maintenance engineering; Military computing; Reliability engineering; Software tools; System testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Computer-Aided Engineering in Concurrent Engineering, 1990 and 1991., Combined Proceedings of the 1990 and 1991 Leesburg Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Leesburg, VA ; Ellicott City, MD
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/RMCAE.1992.245508
Filename :
245508
Link To Document :
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