Run a design FMEA before the review finds you
Use FMEA to identify, rate, and prioritize design failure modes before a high-risk engineering review.
Function: maintain wet-well level during peak inflow. Potential failure mode: both duty pumps unavailable after a power transfer fault. FMEA = Function -> Failure mode -> Effect -> Cause -> Current controls -> Priority action The common trap is scoring everything and improving nothing. FMEA is only useful if the highest-priority failure modes get specific prevention or detection actions. Define function Function: maintain wet-well level during peak inflow and power transition. A precise function keeps the team from debating the whole pump station at once. Name failure mode and effect Failure mode: both duty pumps unavailable after transfer. Effect: overflow,…
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