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Reliability studies are carried out to provide input to decision‐making related to an item. The objectives and the scope of the reliability study are dependent on the type of decision to be made. Before starting a reliability study, it is essential to have a clear understanding of the decision and the data needed as input to the decision‐making. A reliability study to provide input to decisions on warranties may, for example, be quite different from a reliability study to provide input to decisions on safety barriers in a risk assessment.

It is very important that the reliability studies are planned and executed such that the required results are available before the decision‐making takes place!