DATA

ANALYSIS

Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Identifies rating on severity, detection, and risk priority
number

PROCE
SS
INPUT/
STEP

POTENTI
AL

steps

things
that
could go
wrong
(main
bone)

POTENTI
AL

SEVERIT
Y

FAILUR FAILUR
E MODE E
EFFECT
S
happens
because
of
failure
mode

POTENTI
AL

OCCURENC
ES

CAUSES

rating
system
of
failure
effect

most
probable
cause
(failure
mode is
the
consequence)

CURRE
NT

DETECTIO
N

RPN
(Risk
priority
number
)

rating
system
of
current
controls

product
of
severity,
occurrence,
and
detectio
n

CONTROL
S

rating
system
of
potentia
l causes

check if
there
are any
control
that will
prevent
the
potentia
l failure
mode
from
occurrin
g

Severity rating scale:

1 : negligible, not noticeable
2-3 : minor users will probably notice
4-5 : moderate, causing dissatisfaction
6-7 : significant, causing gradual performance
dissatisfaction
8 : serious, causing failure in some function
9 : very serious, causing system failure
10: extremely serious, causing hazard or safety issues

Occurrences rating scale:

1 : very rare
2 : rare
3 : very low
4-5 : low
6-7 : moderate
8 : high
9 : very high
10: extremely high

Detection rating scale:

1 : very great, 99.99% of the problem is detected
2 : great, greater than 99.90% of the problem is
detected
3 : very good, greater than 99/50% of the problem is
detected
4-5 : good, 98.00%-99.50% of the problem is detected
6 : fair, 95.00%-98.00% of the problem is detected
7 : poor, 90.00%-95.00% of the problem is detected
8 : bad, 85.00%-90.00% of the problem is detected
9 : very bad, 75.00%-85.00% of the problem is detected
10: extremely bad, worst than 75.00%