Training
- General Introduction to Reliability Engineering – 5 Days
- Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) – 3 Days
- Overview of Hazard Identification Techniques – 1 Day
- Introduction to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) – 2 Days
- Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) – 4 Days
- Availability, Reliability and Maintainability Studies (ARM) – 5 Days
- Markov Analysis – 3 Days
- Probability Distributions and their Applications – 3 Days
- Statistical Analysis for Engineers and Scientists – 5 Days
Objective:
To introduce the concept of Reliability Engineering and impart sufficient knowledge to the course attendees to allow them to oversee Reliability Engineering contracts and to apply the techniques used within ARM plans to simple systems.
Course Content:
General Introduction
Probability Theory, Boolean Algebra & Component Reliability Theory
Reliability Block Diagrams
HAZOP
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Reliability Centred Maintenance
Rapid Ranking
Fault Tree Analysis
Event Tree Analysis
Monte Carlo Simulation
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To provide a general understanding of the HAZOP methodology and impart sufficient knowledge to the course attendees to allow them to participate in a HAZOP study of a system with which they are familiar.
Course Content:
Introduction to the HAZOP Methodology
Role of HAZOP in the Project Life Cycle
The HAZOP Technique
Preparation for the HAZOP Meeting
HAZOP 1 (Preliminary Hazard Analysis)
Identification of Nodes or Lines
HAZOP 2 (Full HAZOP Study)
Follow-Up Actions
Report and Documentation
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To provide an overview of different techniques that can be used for Hazard Identification, including a brief outline of the approach, suitable applications, preparatory tasks, resource requirements, benefits and limitations.
Course Content:
Learning from Past Experience (checklists, codes and practices)
Structured Brainstorming Techniques (What If?, Cause and Effect Techniques, Scenario Creation)
Hazard Indices
Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Studies
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
SNEAK Analysis
Human Error Identification
Fault Trees, Event Trees and Cause Consequence Analysis
Objective:
To introduce the FMEA methodology and impart sufficient knowledge to the course attendees to allow them to oversee an FMEA carried out by a third party and to discuss the results intelligently.
Course Content:
Introduction
FMEA Methodology
Breakdown of System into Sub-Systems
Functional FMEA
Component FMEA
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To provide a general understanding of the FMECA methodology and impart sufficient knowledge to the course attendees to allow them to carry out their own FMECA of a system with which they are familiar.
Course Content:
Introduction
Reliability Block Diagrams
FMEA Methodology
Breakdown of System into Sub-Systems
Functional FMEA
Component FMEA
Criticality Analysis
Report & Documentation
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To introduce the concept of ARM analysis and to impart sufficient knowledge to the course attendees to allow them to apply the techniques used within ARM to simple systems.
Course Content:
Introduction to ARM Analysis – Philosophy and Terminology
Overview of Reliability Block Diagrams
Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis
Overview of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Maintainability Issues
The ARM Plan
Case Study applying all of the techniques introduced within the course
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To provide course attendees with an understanding of the assumptions underlying Markov analysis. At the end of the course the attendees will be able to carry out Markov analysis on simple systems.
Course Content:
The memoriless nature of Markov processes
Examples of Markov processes
Modelling the breakdown and repair of engineering components as Markov processes
Discrete Markov processes (Markov chains): the state-space diagram as defined by the states of the system and the transition probabilities between them
Deriving the solution of the discrete Markov process
Continuous Markov processes and their solution
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To provide course attendees with an understanding of discrete and continuous probability distributions, and examples of how they arise in practice within engineering systems. At the end of the course the attendees will recognise those situations in which random variability occurs, and will be able to fit the most appropriate distribution to any given data set.
Course Content:
Probability and what it means
“Events” and Boolean algebra
Probability arithmetic
Probability distributions and how they are defined
The mean and standard deviation
Discrete distributions: Geometric, Binomial and Poisson
Continuous distributions: Normal, Exponential and Weibull
The Chi-Square distribution and goodness-of-fit test
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
Objective:
To provide an appreciation of how statistical analysis can assist the engineer, covering the most useful techniques in practice, and engineering examples of their application. At the end of the course the attendees will understand the type of question that statistical analysis addresses, comprehend statistical statements, recognise those situations in which statistical analysis may be applied, and be able to identify the most appropriate type of statistical analysis in a given situation.
Course Content:
Statistical analysis, what it means, and examples of its engineering applications
The type of question statistical analysis addresses, and the range of techniques available
The expectation operator
The concept of unbiasedness
Estimating the mean and variance of a distribution
Testing hypotheses and calculating significance levels
Deriving confidence intervals
Regression analysis and the method of least squares
Straight-line regression and correlation
Non-linear regression analysis
Overview of other topics useful in an engineering context such as calibration methods, time series analysis, and statistical process control
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
- General Introduction to Economic Appraisal – 2 Days
- Software Reliability and Safety– 1 Day
- Safety Techniques and Safety Critical Systems– 4 Days
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA) – 5 Days
- Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) for Practitioners– 5 Days
- Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) for Managers– 5 Days
- Maintenance Programmes Using Reliability Methods MSG-3 – 5 Days
- Getting started in Project Risk Management– 1 Day
- Earned Value Management Initial Overview– 1 Day
- Benefits Realisation - Planning, Management and Delivery– 1 Day
Objective:
To provide an understanding of the principles underlying economic appraisal and how they are applied in practice. At the end of the course attendees will know what information is needed for an economic appraisal to be carried out, and will be able to perform the required calculations.
Course Content:
The purpose of project (or investment) economic appraisal
Regarding a project as a flow of funds
The risks and rewards of capital investment
Risk aversion
The discounting rate and what it represents
The present value of an expenditure or income stream
The net present value (NPV) calculation for a project
The effect of taxation
Carrying out a sensitivity analysis
Checking the logic
Calculating the internal rate of return for the project
Other methods such as Pay-back Period, time-constrained NPV, etc.
Products are becoming increasingly dominated by software but the understanding and control of software reliability falls far short of the knowledge of hardware reliability.
As a product manufacturer or a procurer of major systems, you need confidence that the software component will be consistent with system reliability requirements. This course is designed to meet the needs of project managers, system analysts and software engineers.
The course is designed to increase understanding of current software reliability issues and examine:
How Software can be designed for improved reliability
How Software Reliability can be measured and modelled
This course has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of engineers and managers who need to understand the Fundamentals of Safety. An overview will be given of current trends in Safety Regulations and Safety Compliance, including Formal Safety Assessment and Human Error Analysis. Safety Management will be discussed, particularly the introduction of a Safety Case approach to the management of safety in defence (JSPs 430, 454 & 318) and transportation (e.g. Railtrack ESMS).
The course will include Safety Assessment workshops in HAZOP, FMECA and FTA to reinforce learning. The importance of a Safety Management will be discussed including structure and content of good safety management systems, requirements capture, life cycles, hazard logs, lessons learnt databases and independent safety assessment. The Human Link in the causes of accidents, their prevention and mitigation are important issues. These will be examined through the qualification and analysis of human error, perceptions of tolerable safety and the impact of the law.
One of the course days is dedicated to providing an understanding of Safety Critical Systems including the theory and practice of IEC 61508. It will introduce the concept of Safety Related Systems and Safety Integrity Levels through examples of different system types such as flight control computers and process plant shutdown systems.
Objective:
To impart sufficient knowledge to course attendees to allow them to construct their own fault trees and event trees for process systems and to quantify the unavailability or unreliability of those systems.
Course Content:
Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis
Fault Tree Symbols and Methodology
Fault Tree Construction
Fault Tree Reduction
Fault Tree Quantification
Dependent Failures
Event Tree Analysis
FTA Software Demonstration
Engineering applications and examples provided throughout
This course will provide prospective or recently appointed LSA managers and analysts within a Project Team with the knowledge to apply LSA techniques during the project life cycle as described within DEF STAN 00-60. Included within the course are the ILS management activities, Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) process, Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and AECMA SI000D & S2000M considerations. Delegates will be provided with an insight into the key LSA activities required to produce a cost-effective and meaningful LSA Record (LSAR). Over several course days, delegates will participate in an extensive practical exercise using CBT methods based on LSARUTE software to reinforce learning and ultimately demonstrate their understanding of the LSA processes.
Course presenters have many years of experience in the practical application of the ILS and LSA processes and regularly lecture in the UK, Europe and the USA. Other Reliability Consultants team members who have related experience add value to specialist sessions by supporting the main presenters. Two-way dialogue and discussion is encouraged, so delegates can gain from others’ experiences as well as those of the presenters.
This course builds on our experts unique knowledge of DEF STAN 00-60 and Mil-Std-1388-IA/2A/2B to provide ILS Managers in the MOD, Defence and non-Defence industry with a thorough knowledge of ILS processes and an introduction to LSA tools and techniques.
The course also provides a sound background to, and explains the key relationships in, DEF STAN 00-60, Mil-Std 1388-IA Tasks, Systems & Logistics Engineering, the LSAR, Mil-Std- I 388-2B, AECMA SI000D, AECMA 52000M, CALS, STEP and ILS Management responsibilities. Delegates will also be shown color=#000000>UKLSA, the MOD’s ILS tailoring tool. The ILS ‘One Stop Shop’ approach to LSA contains all the necessary LSA skills, including FMECA, ARM, RCM, LORA, LCC and safety.
Course presenters are all experienced ILS/LSA consultants who are specialists in their individual subjects. As co-authors of DEF-STAN 00-60, the experts have unparalleled knowledge of the Standard and are abreast of current and planned developments of the Standard and the developing ILS ISO Standard.
The objective of the course is to discuss the factors that affect preventive maintenance and to guide delegates through the MSG-3 process. The course is designed for engineers who need a thorough insight into MSG-3 analysis through to the production of maintenance schedules. The course will particularly benefit Reliability and Maintainability Engineers who have to undertake reliability analysis and produce planned maintenance schedules in both the airlines and civil aircraft industry.
Risk Management may seem a complex subject. In fact, by using the Project Risk Management methodology, risk management is a relatively simple process. This one-day course will provide delegates with a clear understanding of the principles and practices within the formal risk management process. The course programme follows an “Action Learning” style where an overview of the Risk Management process is provided initially, followed by application of the process in a risk review setting, where the course presenter takes the role of facilitator and a risk register is created and a Monte Carlo analysis of a project plan is developed. The outline provided in the overview session will be built upon during the Risk Review to provide a deeper understanding of the key issues of Risk Management.
The aim of the one-day Earned Value Management (EVM) course is to explain the fundamental processes and behaviours needed to gain the real benefits from Earned Value Management.
The course is designed for delegates with limited or no prior experience in Earned Value Management. There are many different roles within an organisation that can be affected by an Earned Value Management System. The main objectives are to:
Understand the fundamentals of an Earned Value Management System
Understand the benefits that can be gained by all roles touched by an EVMS who are attending the course
Experience base EV analysis.
The aim of the one-day benefits realisation management course is to generate a theoretical and practical understanding of benefits realisation methodologies, and the issues surrounding implementation within projects and change initiatives. It is expected that project managers, change champions and colleagues required to generate business cases will benefit most from this course.
The course is designed for delegates with no prior experience in benefits realisation theory or methods. The main objectives are to:
Understand how benefits realisation management can drive projects and change initiatives at the investment decision point and beyond
Gain an appreciation of the major techniques associated with benefits realisation, and how they complement other project control methodologies
Understand the relative merits and constraints of benefits realisation techniques
Experience benefits realisation techniques first-hand through practice sessions
Understand the key stages of benefits realisation implementation.
The training course is delivered through the presentation of theories and concepts augmented by case studies. The latter will represent a range if typical scenarios experienced in projects or change initiatives, addressed by management through benefits realisation. Delegates will be grouped into small syndicates to work on case studies and encouraged to share ideas and learning through formal and informal feedback sessions. This approach ensures that theoretical and practical aspects of benefit realisation management are emphasised and understood.
Delegates will receive all course notes in hard and soft copy and, on completion, the shared learning, proposals and solutions generated from course colleagues.