8 New Topics in the ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge

A Review of the New Topics in the 2018 ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge

Last week we reviewed the 10+ topics removed from the CRE body of knowledge (BoK). This week, let’s look at the additions.

Three of the additions are new categories or groups of topics that in part contain new topics. There are five new topics, that in most cases included bits and pieces of concepts buried in the previous BoK.

Let’s take a look at each additions in a bit more detail. Some I agree with, some I wonder what the motivation is behind the addition, and some I question why it is included.

II. Risk Management

A new major area for the body of knowledge. Pulling together the various elements related to risk identification, analysis and mitigation into one section.

This seems to be in line with ISO 9001, ISO 55000, and other ISO documents that have an increased emphasis on risk management. Reliability engineers have long worked with what are now being called risk management tools, and now we are being expected to work within the larger enterprise risk management frameworks.

II. A. 1. Risk management techniques

This topic expands the BoK to include the use of risk management tools within a risk management framework (such as one of the updated ISO standards). Reliability engineers have long considered and…