Basis and limitations of typical current reliability methods & metrics -- The need for reliability assurance metrics to change -- Challenges to advancing electronics reliability engineering -- A new deterministic reliability development paradigm -- Common understanding of HALT approach is critical for success -- The fundamentals of HALT -- Highly accelerated stress screening (HALT) and audits (HASA) -- HALT benefits for software/firmware performance and reliability -- Quantitative accelerated life test -- Failure analysis and corrective action -- Additional applications of HALT methods