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Nov. 20, 2002

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For these reasons, a new approach needs to be developed in which the responsibilities of all involved parties are made clear. The development of a new approach with these objectives has been initiated by U.S. military authorities and has then been driven by U.S. Army Material Systems Analysis Activity and CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center at University of Maryland. They have worked closely with the IEEE Reliability Society and their work has resulted in a Reliability Program Standard, IEEE P1332.

In the IEEE standard, the responsibility for reliability is formulated in three statements. It is the responsibility of the supplier to:

1. assure that he has understood the requirements of the customer,
2. develop a process that will satisfy the requirements,
3. adequately verify that the requirements have been met.

It is also stated in the standard that the supplier has the responsibility and the freedom to determine how this shall be achieved. Neither the standard nor the customer shall specify the tasks to be performed.