431-REF-000370, FLIGHT ASSURANCE PROCEDURE: PERFORMING A FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS, NASA/GSFC (10 AUG 1996)

431-REF-000370, FLIGHT ASSURANCE PROCEDURE: PERFORMING A FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS, NASA/GSFC (10 AUG 1996)., This procedure establishes guidelines for conducting a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on GSFC spacecraft and instruments. Typical ground rules for an FMEA are given along with an overview of the technique, principal, step-by-step instructions, sample work sheets, and work sheet data entries. Specific projects must, of course, add to, delete and otherwise tailor the procedures to conform with their needs, objectives, and contractual requirements. That is particularly true of safety issues or workaround operational methods. Although software analysis is outside the scope of an FMEA, the effects of failure modes at both software and hardware-software interfaces are included.