TS EN 61014

TS EN 61014 is the Turkish adoption of the standard that gives guidance on programmes for reliability growth in hardware and software products. It addresses a structured way to expose and remove weaknesses that prevent a design from reaching its intended reliability level, covering electronic, electromechanical and mechanical hardware as well as software.

What reliability growth means in practice

Reliability growth is the process of improving a product’s reliability during development by finding failure causes early and correcting them. In general technical terms, this means reliability is not treated as a fixed property from day one; it is improved through design refinement, verification, testing, and, where applicable, feedback from field use. The practical goal is to reduce recurring failures by addressing their underlying causes rather than only observing them at the end of development.

Where this standard applies

• When the product specification calls for a reliability growth programme
• When the design is known or expected to fall short of requirements without improvement
• Electronic, electromechanical and mechanical hardware
• Software-containing systems and items
• Reliability growth activities in design, test and field phases

This standard is focused on requirements and guidance for a reliability growth programme; it does not by itself define a product design, a pass/fail guarantee, or a universal acceptance threshold. Its value lies in linking design management, test-phase learning, and field experience into one reliability-improvement process, which is a core idea in reliability engineering.