Dr. David J. Smith is the Proprietor of Technis Consultancy. He has written numerous books on Reliability and Safety over the last 40 years. His FARADIP database has become widely used, and his other software packages are also used throughout the profession. His PhD thesis was on the subject of reliability prediction and common cause failure. He contributed to the first drafting of IEC 61508 and chairs the IGEM panel which produces SR/15 (the gas industry safety related guidance). David is past President of the Safety and Reliability Society.

• 1. The History of Reliability and Safety Technology2. Understanding Terms and Jargon3. A Cost-Effective Approach to Quality, Reliability and Safety4. Realistic Failure Rates and Prediction Confidence5. Interpreting Data and Demonstrating Reliability6. Variable Failure Rates and Probability Plotting7. Basic Reliability Prediction Theory8. Methods of Modelling9. Quantifying the Reliability Models10. Risk Assessment (QRA)11. Design and Assurance Techniques12. Design Review, Test and Reliability Growth13. Field Data Collection and Feedback14. Factors Influencing Down Time15. Predicting and Demonstrating Repair Times16. Quantified Reliability Centred Maintenance 17. Systematic Failures, Especially Software18. Project Management and Competence19. Contract Clauses and Their Pitfalls20. Product Liability and Safety Legislation21. Major Incident Legislation22. Integrity of Safety Related Systems 23. A Case Study: The Datamet Project24. A Case Study: Gas Detection System25. A Case Study: Pressure Control System26. A Case Study: Helicopter Incidents and Risk Assessment

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