This episode talks about options for reliability life testing, specifically accelerated stress testing. We explore how accelerated stress testing is one subset of other reliability life testing, when it's a good idea, how we can approach doing it, and what we can do with the results.Visit the podcast blog for links and references.Related episodes: Episode 6 “HALT! Watch out for that weakest link” Episode 10 “How to Handle Competing Failure Modes”Episode 30 “Using Failure Rate Functions to Drive Early Design Decisions” Episode 31 “5 Aspects of Good Reliability Goals and Requirements”Episode 36 “When to use DOE (Design of Experiments)”Support the show**FREE RESOURCES**Quality during Design engineering and new product development is actionable. It's also a mindset. Subscribe for consistency, inspiration, and ideas at www.qualityduringdesign.com. About meDianna Deeney helps product designers work with their cross-functional team to reduce concept design time and increase product success, using quality and reliability methods. She consults with businesses to incorporate quality within their product development processes. She also coaches individuals in using Quality during Design for their projects.She founded Quality during Design through her company Deeney Enterprises, LLC. Her vision is a world of products that are easy to use, dependable, and safe – possible by using Quality during Design engineering and product development.