What to Do About MTBF Use

Speaker: Fred Schenkelberg

While the NoMTBF movement is making progress, we still find those that seem to want to use MTBF (or MTTF). As you know, MTxx type metrics are means, they contain little information and are generally misunderstood and misused. So, what should a well-educated practitioner do?

Let’s discuss a few ways you can and should respond to requests for MTBF? How to ask vendors, or anyone, for reliability information by not asking for nor accepting MTBF. Plus, let’s brainstorm and outline a few steps each of us can do tomorrow, and every day, in order to minimize the misuse of MTBF and related measures.

This Accendo Reliability webinar originally broadcast on 12 May 2020.

The audio track is now an Accendo Reliability Webinar Series podcast episode. View the episode show notes to listen or subscribe to the podcast.

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