{"id":5929,"date":"2026-10-07T20:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/en\/resources\/fmea\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:22:44","password":"","slug":"fmea","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/en\/resources\/fmea\/","title":{"rendered":"FMEA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can go wrong, how bad would it be, and would you notice in time? The FMEA turns these questions into one number per risk. 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Bring a cross-functional team.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>List steps and failure modes.<\/strong> For each step: how could it fail?<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Rate S, O, D.<\/strong> Severity of the effect, Occurrence of the cause, Detection by current controls. 1 to 10 each.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Calculate the RPN.<\/strong> S \u00d7 O \u00d7 D. Sort from highest to lowest.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Act and re-score.<\/strong> Actions for the top RPNs (often above 125), owner and date, then rate again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ska-tk-key is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"ska-tk-label wp-block-paragraph\">Key points<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>RPN = Severity \u00d7 Occurrence \u00d7 Detection.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Each rated 1 to 10.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Highest RPN first, high severity always.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Re-score after the action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ska-tk-related wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related tools:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/en\/resources\/pareto-analysis\/\">Pareto Analysis<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/en\/resources\/hypothesis-test-selector\/\">Hypothesis Test Selector<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can go wrong, how bad would it be, and would you notice in time? 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