By Necip Doganaksoy, Gerald J. Hahn, and William Q. Meeker

A new washing machine motor has been designed. Its developers need to demonstrate—before going into full-scale production—that at least 97% of such motors will operate without failure for 10 years, but they have only six months to do so. How should they proceed?

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