10 Reasons you Need to do Reliability Engineering
Reliability engineering has an image problem. It is seen as an imbugerance that destroys budget, schedule and fun. People sometimes think...
CHECK OUT OUR RECENT POSTS ...
Search
Christopher Jackson
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
'Artificial deep machine learning intelligence' is never your first option
When I was working at a university, I was involved in a conversation with a representative of an energy company. He was having all...
Christopher Jackson
- Aug 30, 2021
- 3 min
Same old reliability lessons from amazing new (solar cell) technologies
There are plenty of reasons for renewable energy to become increasingly important. These reasons start with climate change and end with...
Christopher Jackson
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
Reliability happens when you become impatient and selfish
You can't motivate people to do reliability engineering that benefits 'other people' a long time from now. But you don't have to!
Christopher Jackson
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
Outsourcing or ‘Out of sight, out of mind?’
I was having a lunch meeting with a project manager, and the topic of outsourcing came up. Specifically, outsourcing the manufacture of a...
Christopher Jackson
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Root Cause of a Failure is Always a Decision
We often get sucked into drawn-out conversations (or heated debates) about the ‘true’ meaning of words. Especially when it comes to...
Christopher Jackson
- Jun 11, 2021
- 5 min
The Russian Concorde … and why you haven’t heard of it
Take one look at the Tu-144 and you see why it is called the Russian Concorde. There is a reason you have heard of one and not the other.
