Quadruple "A" Model: Reliability Growth Over Product Generations

A strategic life cycle model, coined Triple "A", was developed in 2000 at a major telecommunications manufacturer to accelerate the reliability growth of new products by allocating resources in alignment with the characteristics and demand of different product phases. The implementation tactics, the estimated financial results achieved in a pilot product X, and lessons learned are documented in the paper, "Lessons Learned From Development And Implementation Of A Strategic Life Cycle Model," presented at RAMS 2004. A hypothesis was developed in the 2004 paper in terms of the life cycle quality to be achieved as the result of implementation. The present paper is to validate this hypothesis through real-life data collected over the past several years, and then to apply the result to next generation products. Finally, lessons learned and a going-forward plan is tabled.