About structure analysis of an FMEA

After you specify the scope of the FMEA and the cross-functional team, you can perform the structural analysis of the FMEA. To do this, you identify the different components within the assembly of a design FMEA, or the logical hierarchical steps of a process FMEA, and add them as system element representations to the FMEA. To create the FMEA structure, you can add child system element representations or functions under the system element as required.

Example

You can perform the structure analysis using any of the following methods:

• Create boundary diagrams for design FMEAs.

• Create the Interface matrix for design FMEAs.

• Create process flow charts for process FMEAs.