Scope This Handbook provides ??how to?? guidance to industry and government for the reliability Activities and Methods contained in GEIASTD0009 for developing reliable products and systems@ successfully demonstrating them during test and evaluation@ and sustaining them throughout the system/product life cycle. GEIASTD0009 requires the developers and customer/users working as a team to plan and implement a reliability program that provides systems/products that satisfy the user??s requirements and expectations using a systems engineering approach. The four Objectives of GEIASTD0009 are listed below: ? Objective 1: Understand customer/user requirements and constraints. The team (developer@ customer@ and user) includes the Activities necessary to ensure that the user??s requirements and product needs are fully understood and defined@ so that a comprehensive design specification and Reliability program plan are generated. ? Objective 2: Design and redesign for reliability. The developer implements a set of engineering Activities so that the resulting system/product satisfies the customer??s documented requirements and needs. ? Objective 3: Produce reliable systems/products. The developer performs the Activities that assure the customer that the reliability requirements and product needs have been satisfied. ? Objective 4: Monitor and assess user reliability. The team establishes a closed-loop feedback Method for continuous monitoring of reliability trends and incorporation of recommended improvements (corrective actions). GEIASTD0009 and this Handbook define a systematic approach to engineering a system/product@ incorporating best practices that have evolved considerably in recent years.