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SECTION FOUR - REFERENCES

4.1 Specification Development Tool

Under the Standardized Hardware Acquisition and Reliability Program of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, a software tool has been developed to assist in the development of performance specifications. Called SpecRite, the tool uses a top- down, incremental approach to automatically build a specification as it guides a user through logic trees. SpecRite is available on diskette and CD-ROM, or it can be downloaded from the World Wide Web Home Page of the Best Manufacturing Practices (BMP) Center.
  1. To order the CD-ROM, write to:

    Computer Science's Corporation
    Attn: PMWS CD
    M/C 263
    6565 Arlington Blvd.
    Falls Church, VA 22042

  2. To order the diskette, write to:

    BMP Center of Excellence
    4321 Hartwick Road
    Suite 308
    College Park, MD 20740

  3. The software can be downloaded from "www.bmpcoe.org".
4.2 Other References

4.2.1 Texts and Articles:
  1. ARINC Research Corporation, "Reliability Engineering", edited by William H. Von Alven, 1964, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  2. ARINC Research Corporation, "Product Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Handbook", edited by Michael Pecht, 1995, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  3. Boyd, James A., 1992, "Allocation of Reliability Requirements: A New Approach," 1992 Proceedings, Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Las Vegas, NE, January 21-23, pages 5-6.
  4. Gertman, David I. and Harold S. Blackman, "Human Reliability and Safety Analysis Data Handbook", 1994, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
  5. Hadel, John J. and Peter B. Lakey, "A Customer-Oriented Approach to Optimizing Reliability Allocation Within a Set of Weapon-System Requirements," 1995 Proceedings, Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Washington, DC, January 16-19, pages 96-101.
  6. Lloyd, David K. and Myron Lipow, "Reliability: Management Methods, and Mathematics", 1962, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  7. Musa, J.D., et al, "Software Reliability, Measurement, Prediction, Application", 1987, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
  8. Park, K.S., "Human Reliability: Analysis, Prediction, and Prevention of Human Errors", 1987, Elsevier Science Publications, Amsterdam, Holland.
  9. Peace, G. S., "Taguchi Methods: A Hands-On Approach", 1993, Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, Reading MA.
  10. Phadke, M. S., "Quality Engineering Using Robust Design", 1989, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  11. Rome Laboratory and the Reliability Analysis Center, "Reliability Toolkit: Commercial Practices Edition", 1995, Rome, NY.
  12. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Economic Security, "Defense Standardization Program: Performance Specification Guide (SD-15)", June 1995.

4.2.2 Commercial and International Standards.

The commercial and international standards listed in this section may be obtained as follows:
  • Copies of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) documents are available from:

    IEEE
    445 Hoes Lane
    P.O. Box 1331
    Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331
    Telephone, (800) 678-IEEE, FAX, (908) 981-9667


  • Copies of BELL (Bellcore) documents are available from:

    Bellcore - Bell Communications Research
    Information Exchange Management
    Bellcore
    445 South Street, Room 2J-125
    PO Box 1910
    Morristown, NJ 07962-1910
    (201) 829-4785
    WWW: http://www.info.bellcore.com/


  • Copies of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) documents are available from:

    American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
    1430 Broadway
    New York, NY 10018
    Telephone, (212) 642-4900, FAX, (212) 302-1286


  • Copies of International Standards Organization (ISO) documents are available from ANSI or from:

    ISO
    International Organization for Standardization
    1, Rue de Varembe
    CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
    Telephone: +(41) 22 749-0111
    Fax: +(41) 22 733-3430
    WWW: http://www.iso.ch
  1. BELL-FR-NWT-0000796, "Reliability and Quality Generic Requirements"
  2. BELL-TR-TSY-000282, "Software Reliability and Quality Acceptance Criteria"
  3. IEEE-577, "Standard Requirements for Reliability Analysis in the Design and Operation of Safety Systems"
  4. IEC 300-3-8, "Dependability Management - Application Guide - Human Reliability"
  5. IEC-409, "Guide for the Inclusion of Reliability Clauses into Specifications for Components (or Parts)"
  6. ISO-2394, "General Principles on Reliability for Structures"
4.2.3 Technical Reports.

The following Rome Laboratory (formerly Rome Air Development Center) reports may be requested from:

       The National Technical Information Service
Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22151

  1. Brown, T.P. et al, "Specification of Software Quality Attributes", Rome Air Development Center Report, RADC-TR-85-37 (3 volumes), 1985.
  2. Clark, David, Ned H. Criscimagna, William Denson, and David Nicholls, "User Requirements to System Specifications: Translation Tools for Diagnostics, Reliability, and Maintainability -- Final Report", Rome Laboratory Contract F30602-92-C-0179, July 1995.
  3. Coit, David W., David L. Russell, and Russ O. Wrisley, "Reliability / Maintainability Operational Parameter Translation II: Final Report", Rome Air Development Center Contract F30602-86-C-0175, August 1989.
  4. Friedman, M.A., P.Y. Tran, and P.L. Goddard, "Reliability Techniques for Combined Hardware and Software Systems: Final Technical Report", Rome Laboratory Contract No. F30602-C-0111, April 1991.