Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com AMCP 706-1W and monitoring test data. It also requires that are estab."shed should provide instruc- computer programs for efficiently processing tions for th,; collection of the data re- the data into formats suitable for reliability quired for reliability measurement. They analyses. also may contain information required for purposes other than• reliability measurement, Two important functions of the system operation will be discussed in detail in this The test Information needed for reliability paragraph: (I) data reporting, which estab- purposes includes: lishes the requirements and instructions to be used by test personnel in reporting data; I.
Test Description and (2) data control, wiich cunsists of monitoring the reported data to. ensure its a. Test report number completeness, accuracy, and validity, and preparing it for computer input, Another b. Test level - component, equip- i mportant function, reliability-data reporting, ment, or subsystem will be discussed in par, 5-4. c. Test type-qualification, acceptance, b In order to prepare an integrated reliability field, etc, data system for a specific system, the sys- tern weapon specifications and technical d. Test s~te * development plan must be evaluated. As a result of these analyses, information derived e.
Test environment from specific test data reporting require- ments, the subsystem reliability model, and f. Date of test computer report requirements can be devel- oped into the specific data reporting, con- S. Test condition-operating, non- trol, and processing instructions required for operating, or cycling, the system. 2. Hardware Identification: 5-3.1 DATA REPORTING a. Hardware name Data reporting procedures and instructions must be issued to the test groups for re- b. Hardware drawing number cording the test and failure data needed for reliability measurement and other purposes c. Hardware serial number (Refs.
5 and 6), These procedures define the types of data to be reported, the forms d. Subhardware actually involved in test to be uwed, and the instructions for com- - pleting them. e, Hardware level The data to be reported for reliability f. Vendor. assessment should be defined in a standard data reporting requirements document. This 3. Test Results: document should be prepared as part of the contractor's reliability test program. a. Time or cycles to failure A data reporting group should be organ- b, Component falling ized to develop the forms for data reporting , and the procedures for their use. The forms c, Failure modes,