Accelerated Testing (450)

• Reducing Test Time
• Assumptions
• What Does an Accelerated Test Accelerate?
• Can Accelerated Testing Do What is Expected?
• Environmental Forcing Functions
• Different Environments, Different Effects
• Different Rates of Test Acceleration
• Critical Aspects of Accelerated Test Models Risks
• Miner's "Rule" Cautions
• Principles of Test Time Compression
• Two ways to accelerate:
  • Higher Frequency of Occurrence or
  • Exaggerated Load Levels
• Cautions
• Margins

Accelerated Testing