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Resources & Technical Papers
HALT & HASS Consulting provides the following resources and technical papers for your convenience. Please download them as required.
Paper: Isolating Software Faults in HALT & HASS
This paper focuses on the ability to locate, isolate, and diagnose faults in the firmware and software of networking equipment. Provides specific examples of failures found at Allied Telesyn during HALT in the development phase. Written by D.Johnson & K.Franks.
Paper: HALT & HASS - The new Quality & Reliability Paradigm
This brief paper is a condensation of the methods taught by the
author and inventor of the methods
in the seminar HALT and HASS. This paper is not intended to be complete,
but to be an introduction to the concepts and to allow one to determine
if the seminar would be useful. Complete training is necessary in
order to successfully use the techniques. Attempting to use the
methods with only this brief introduction would be less than successful.
Written by Dr. Gregg K. Hobbs of Hobbs Engineering.
Paper: HALT & HASS Successes on IBM Web Servers
The purpose of this paper is to communicate the numerous successes that have resulted from HALT, HASS, and other environmental testing used by IBM's Web Server division in Beaverton, Oregon. Written by Anthony T. McCray of IBM.
Paper: Return On Investment for HALT Tests
The decision whether or not to perform AST on a specific product is a typical example of the quality vs. cost problem which many companies struggle. Unfortunately, reliability data is never available until several months or even elapsed, if at all. This paper will examine the economics of HALT independent of the other elements of AST. Written by Dr. Edmond L. Kyser
Paper: Summary of HASS Results at an AST facility
This paper aanalyzes HALT & HASS data from 33 different companies from a variety of different industries and illustrates that HALT can be applied to a very wide range of products, including both electrical and electro mechanical. Written by Mike Silverman.