DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: Reliability Test Plan
Number: DI-NDTI-81585 Approval Date: 5 October 2000
AMSC Number: G7400 Limitation: N/A
DTIC Applicable: No GIDEP Applicable: No
Office of Primary Responsibility: G/Y243
Applicable Forms: N/A
Use/relationship:
This plan describes the overall reliability test planning and its total
integrated test requirements. It delineates required reliability tests,
their purpose and schedule. This document will be used by the procuring
activity for review, approval, and subsequent surveillance and
evaluation of the contractor's reliability test program.
Requirements:
1. Reference documents: None
2. Format: Contractor format is authorized.
3. Content: The Reliability Test Plan shall identify and describe
planned contractor activities for implementation of reliability test and
Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), if required, by the contract. The
plan shall contain a complete listing of all tests to be conducted for
the primary purpose of obtaining data for use in reliability analysis
and evaluation of the contract item or any constituent elements thereof.
The test plan shall include the following:
a. Test objectives and requirements of each reliability test.
b. Test item configuration description and quantity to be tested.
c. Test conditions, environmental, operational and performance
profiles, and the duty cycle.
d. Test schedules and milestones including the test program review
schedule.
e. Test conduct ground rules, failure and accept criteria, and
interface boundaries.
f. Test facility and equipment descriptions and requirements,
including provisions for voltage, temperature, and vibration.
g. Government furnished property requirements and impact.
h. List of test reports to be issued.
i. Failure recurrence control system to be used to ensure
corrective action.
j. List of test procedures to be used.
k. Definition of items termed replaceable at failure.
l. Detailed reason for each proposed deviation.
m. Assignment of specific responsibilities.
n. Access control to test area and equipment under test.
o. Specific contractor/procuring activity organizational
element
with respective authorities and responsibilities for implementation
of reliability testing as a mutually agreed to and approved by the
procuring activity.
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