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MILITARY HANDBOOK
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MIL-HOBK-189
13 February 1981
CIEPARl?4ENT OF OEFENSE
Washington, OC 20301
RELIABILITY GROWTH MANAGEMENT
MI L-HOBK-189
1. This Mi 1 i tary Handbook is ap~roved for use by al 1 OeDartments and
Agencies of the Department of Oefense.
2. 8enef icial consnents (reconsnendations, addi tions, deletions) and any
pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be
addressed to: Headquarters, U S munications Research and
ssand, AlTN: OROCO-PT, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703.
MIL-HOBK-189
13 February 1981
FOREWORO
1. The government’s materiel acquisition process for new mi 1i tary systems
requiring development is plex and cliff icul t for many reasons.
General ly, these systems require new technologies and represent a chal 1enge
to the state of the art. Moreover, the requirements for rel iabi 1 ity, main-
tainability and other performance parameters are usually highly demanding.
Consequently, striving to meet these requirements represents a significant
portion of the entire acquisition process and, as a result, the setting
of priorities and the al location and reallocation of resources such as
funds, manpower and tfme are often formidable management tasks.
2. Rel iabi 1 ity grmwth management procedures have been developed for address-
ing the above problem. These techniques will enable the manager to plan,
evaluate and control the rel iabi 1 ity of a system during 1ts development stage.
The rel iabi 1 i ty growth concepts and methodologies presented in this handbook
have evolved over the last few years by actual appl I cations to Army, Navy and
Air Force systems. Through these applications relfabiltty growth management
technology has been developed to the point wtiere considerable. payoffs in the
effective management of the attaimnent of system rel fabi 1