Case Studies: Using Failure History to Improve Reliability
Contents
NIST Project to Build Fault Profiles
PPT Slide
Purpose of Studies
Case Study 1
Medical Device Data
Information for Each Device
Failures 1983-1997 by Device
Observed Behavior
A Few Fault Characteristics
Fault Distribution by Class
Case Study 2
Prevalent Faults
General Findings
EXAMPLE: Prevalent Faults
EXAMPLES of Prevention, Detection
Examples (con’t)
To Overcome Faults of Case Studies
Traceability Analysis
Change Impact Analysis
EVALUATION
EVALUATION (Con’t)
Practices for Development & Maintenance
Practices for Assurance
Practices for Testing
Testing (con’t)
Conclusions & Questions
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