A system view of the No Fault Found (NFF) phenomenon

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Söderholm, Peter ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Availability performance factors; Causes; Consequences; Improvement management; No Fault Found (NFF); Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AVAILABILITY PERFORMANCE FACTORS; CAUSES; CONSEQUENCES; IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENTS; NO FAULT FOUND (NFF); STAKEHOLDERS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748329462     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.11.004     Document Type: Review

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