choudary

• Jul 6th, 2005

 

failure: failure means "the fact of somenthing expected not being done." 
 
that means the application peforms actions against the requirements. 
 
effect means " a change caused by mething" 
 
effect analysis: since application not perform actions according to the requirements we have to analyse the effect. i.e; where the application deviates from it's requirements and cause for that one.

sivani

• Jul 12th, 2005

 

FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is a proactive tool, technique and quality method that enables the identification and prevention of process or product errors before they occur. 
 
Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a disciplined approach used to identify possible failures of a product or service and then determine the frequency and impact of the failure