Advises on reliability and maintainability programme management. Outlines essential features of comprehensive reliability and maintainability programme to produce systems, equipments and components which will be reliable and maintainable. Advises on preparation of reliability specifications.Details how quantitative values can be assigned to reliability of systems, equipments and components. Discusses utilization of data on which assessment and prediction of reliability are based. Includes sections on cost considerations, reliability assessment, qualitative approach, criteria for failure, operating regime, reliability prediction by modelling, reliability growth testing, data input, reporting systems, operating and failure histories, replacement parts, material supply, repair and user reporting systems.