Review of 2018 ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge

An Overall Review of the 2018 ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge

The new CRE body of knowledge goes into effect for exams starting January 2018.

The changes include topic that have been dropped, added, or altered. There also is a new structure with 5 main groups rather than the previous seven. Overall, the BoK remained pretty much the same with a reorganization of the topics.

Reading the new BoK and comparing to the old BoK raises a few concerns or observations. Let’s take a look at the new structure and what the changes say about the reliability engineering profession.

The New CRE Body of Knowledge Organization

The biggest change is the restructuring of the organization of the topic.

The old BoK included 7 top level groups:

I. Reliability Management

II. Probability and Statistics for Reliability

III. Reliability in Design and Development

IV. Reliability Modeling and Predictions

V. Reliability Testing

VI. Maintainability and Availability

VII. Data Collection and Use

The new top level groups are now:

I. Reliability Fundamentals

This includes two sub groups, leadership and reliability foundations, rather than…