The mission profile: Satisfying the `customer¿ entails balancing a product´s reliability with availability and maintainability

Satisfying the `customer´ entails balancing a product´s reliability with availability and maintainability. The designers´ experience with similar projects, therefore, may sometimes be the best guide for selecting the tradeoffs. The profiles for 10 major electrotechnology categories are described. The authors highlight each system´s availability, reliability, and maintainability as it affects the user´s requirements.