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Describe to me when you would consider employing a failure mode and effect analysis.

  
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July 06, 2005 00:13:25   #1  
choudary        

RE: Describe to me when you would consider employing a failure mode and effect analysis.
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.

 
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July 12, 2005 18:19:13   #2  
sivani        

RE: Describe to me when you would consider employing a failure mode and effect analysis.
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

 
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