IIoT, SCADA & Edge Connectivity worked example

Data Pipeline Reliability Score with pipeline severity score of 18 score: a worked example

Push pipeline severity score up to 18 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when an OT data ops lead is ranking which data pipelines need hardening first (store-and-forward, monitoring, redundant brokers) before the next outage hits.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Pipeline severity score: 18 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 7)
  • Pipeline occurrence score: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Pipeline detection score: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Weighted pipeline reliability risk score = severity × 0.40 + occurrence × 0.35 + detection × 0.25) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9.35 score for weighted pipeline reliability risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 score for pipeline severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for pipeline occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for pipeline detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where pipeline severity score sits at 7 score and the headline result is 4.95 score, this scenario comes in 88.89% above the baseline at 9.35 score.
  • It computes a single weighted reliability risk score from FMEA severity, occurrence, and detection ratings, weighted 40/35/25. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Weighted pipeline reliability risk score: 9.35 score (headline result)
  • Pipeline severity score: 18 score
  • Pipeline occurrence score: 4 score
  • Pipeline detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Data Pipeline Reliability Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.