So we have over the years developed a very good system for cutting down the likelihood of failure.
The ranking system is not intended to measure the likelihood of failure, but the potential damage if failure occurs.
But such approaches feel a bit like changing a warning sign on a poorly engineered aircraft – they still have a high likelihood of failure.
"I have to concede however that given today's decision, the likelihood of failure ‐ should it come to a vote ‐ is assured.
To all of those, perhaps we should add the rising likelihood of failure, both the expensive kind and the cheap kind.
But the realization that I face a high likelihood of failure is not enough to send me back to the corporate cubicle.
"It is therefore important to ask whether requiring people to participate in weight-loss programmes despite a high likelihood of failure is acceptable from the point of view of an individual, provider or society," it says.
The technical obstacles to a mass-casualty attack are so high, Dr. Smithson of the Stimson Center told Congress, that the likelihood of failure has haunted even terrorists with "a wealth of time, money, and technical skill".
What is the likelihood of failure (usually the higher the better)?
This helps managers and developers make better decisions throughout the process thereby reducing the likelihood of failure and delay.
On a slope of uniform isotropic material, increased slope correlates with increased likelihood of failure.
