VDA-German Automotive Industry Society describes process of system FMEA building. I would like to highlight 3 key areas of VDA approach: Functional analysis Failure analysis The process consists from following steps: Product breakdown to system levels Functional description of system Failure Analysis Risks Evaluation Risk Optimization First step is about definition of system. Team breakdown system into several level which depend on scope of analysis eg. sensor-sensing element-sensing element characteristics. Output of this step is system structure net. In second step team define requirements, functions and characteristics into each element of product structure. Logic behind is describe how requirements should be ensured by functions and characteristics/parameters. Objective …