Abstract: A method is provided for the automated determination of the indirect and direct extent of damages in objects resulting from a failure of technical components integrated in a production cycle. The invention involves the detection of the components that are affected by a failure, a determination of the number of clients and/or users dependant on each affected component, and a determination of the point in time of the expected renewed availability of each affected component. The extent of the resulting indirect and indirect monetary damages is determined on the basis of this information.

Abstract: A method and device for checking a telecommunication system (4) with respect to an accurate routine detection of system-internal call data records (13, 14). Various communications connections are established and later terminated between two subscriber stations (2,3) via the telecommunication system (4) on the basis of predefined communication parameters; further call data records (10a,10b) are independently prepared and saved from these communications connections at both of these subscriber stations (2,3); and the system-internal call data records (101013) for said communications connections that are routinely created by the telecommunications system (4) itself, are compared to the further call data records (10a, 10b).