CCDC IOT Planning Tool (IPT) Continuous (IPT-C)

The purpose of the IPT-C is to help the user choose an appropriate IOT profile and obtain the necessary metrics for developing a reliability program plan. The IPT-C contains two tools called the IOT Planner - Continuous and the OC Curve Plotter - Continuous. These tools can:

• Aid in conducting tradeoff analyses involving the reliability demonstration test parameters, the requirement parameters, and the associated risk parameters for planning reliability demonstration tests;
  
• Display possible IOT test durations based on the required inputs and the associated risks; and
  
• Calculate the goal MTBF needed in IOT (MR+) using OC curve methodology.
  

The benefits associated with IPT-C include:

• IOT Planner - Continuous tool can help the user choose an appropriate IOT test duration that satisfies the MTBF requirement and Consumer/Producer risks;
  
• OC Curve Plotter - Continuous tool can verify that the user's inputted IOT profile is valid;
  
• Both tools provide the user with important metrics associated with the IOT profiles (e.g., the goal MTBF needed in IOT); and
  
• Both tools provide the user with the necessary metrics to develop a reliability growth plan (specifically MR+).