Decision diagram

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In RCM analysis, a graphic display of the decision process, in which the answers to an ordered sequence of yes/no questions lead to an identification of the appropriate maintenance action for an item.

Effectiveness criterion
The criterion for judging whether a specific task would be capable of reducing the failure rate to the required level for the appropriate consequence branch of the decision diagram.
Hidden-failure consequences
The risk of a multiple failure as a result of an undetected earlier failure of a hidden-function item; one of the four consequence branches of the RCM decision diagram.

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I am the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm I founded in 2004. I left Hewlett Packard (HP)’s Reliability Team, where I helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation, to assist other organizations.

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