Objectives

The objectives of this training are to enable participants to acquire:

• A general knowledge of RAMST parameters (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety and Testability)
• The principles of the FMEA method and its limitations
• The ability to implement and conduct a functional, hardware, process or procedural FMEA study and manage its execution.

Program

Introduction to the training

• Why a dependability study ?
• Why a FMEA approach ?
• Concepts and definitions, risk Notions

FMEA

• Birth of the method - Definitions - Acronyms
• Inputs/Outputs of FMEA
• Process flow
• Application domains
• FMEA: why? when? at what level?
• Functional analysis, a necessary step

Implementation of the FMEA method

• FMEA variants: SFMEA (Software Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and Project FMEA
• Means of obtaining data: databases, validity checks
• Comments on current difficulties and limitations (accounting for software reliability and human factors)

FMEA synthesis

• Advantages and disadvantages
• Conclusion on the method
• Bibliographic references

Case study

• Selection of the subject/topic
• Formation of working groups
• Participatory approach to construction
• Presentation of results
• Summary on the case study

The case study will serve to:

• Help understand the nature of the problems to be solved
• Present how the FMEA concepts and methods provide a solution
• Approach the practical aspects

The concepts and methods will be presented by the trainer, who will supplement his presentation with simple illustrative examples.

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