Assumptions: often traced to be the root cause of a disaster (in engineering)

K. P. Thompson; J. P. Rolland

doi:10.1117/12.864360

15 September 2010 Assumptions: often traced to be the root cause of a disaster (in engineering)

K. P. Thompson, J. P. Rolland

Proceedings Volume 7796, An Optical Believe It or Not: Key Lessons Learned II; 77960G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864360
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

After leading well over 1500 optical projects for over 500 companies during the last 20 years, some fundamentals emerge. In reviewing the most striking and in many cases devastating failures a clear pattern emerges. In every case, the failure can be traced an assumption that may have been valid for decades, or even centuries, but, is suddenly no longer valid, and the change in status is not recognized in-time.

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K. P. Thompson and J. P. Rolland "Assumptions: often traced to be the root cause of a disaster (in engineering)", Proc. SPIE 7796, An Optical Believe It or Not: Key Lessons Learned II, 77960G (15 September 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864360

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