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Probability
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Severity
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Effect(s) of
Requirements Failure Mode Mechanism(s) of Failure - Prevention
Failure
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Detection
None
Very Minor
Minor
Very Low
Low
Moderate
High
Very High
Hazardous with warning
Hazardous without warning
Detection
Almost Certain
Very High
High
Moderately high
Moderate
Low
Very Low
Remote
Very Remote
Absolute certainty
Probability of Failure
Remote: Failure is unlikely
No effect
System operable with slight degradation of performance
System operable with moderate degradation of performance
System operable with significant degradation of performance
System inoperable without service interruption
System inoperable with slight service interruption without stopping delivery.
System inoperable with moderate service interruption without stopping delivery.
System inoperable with significant service interruption without stopping delivery.
A potential failure mode affects safe system operation, or completely stops delivery, with warning.
A potential failure mode affects safe system operation, or completely stops delivery, without warning.
Detectability
Design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Very high the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
High chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Moderately high chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Moderate chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Low chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Very low chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Remote chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Very remore chance the design control will detect potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Design control cannot detect potential cause/mechanism and potential failure mode
Failure Probability
No system failure expected
One system failure expected in .25% (2.5 per 1000) of execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 1 hour per month
One system failure expected in .5% (5 per 1000) of execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 2 hours per month
One system failure expected in 1% (10 per 1000) of execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 5 hours per month
One system failure expected in 2% (20 per 1000) of execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 8 hours per month
One system failure expected in 5% (50 per 1000) of execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 24 hours per month
Repeatable system failures expected in 10% (1 per 10) of program execution instances or will result in infrastructur
component downtime of up to 36 hours per month
Repeatable system failures expected in 20% (2 per 10) of program execution instances or will result in infrastructure
component downtime of up to 48 hours per month
Failures expected in 30% (3 per 10) of program execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 72 hours per month
Failures expected in 50% (5 per 10) of program execution instances or will result in infrastructure component
downtime of up to 96 hours per month
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Identifying Risks
Identifying risks to achieving objectives so they may be managed will generally take place during the quotation, order receipt -
early in the life of a project as possible, because a risk not identified at this stage may be excluded from further analysis.
Risk Evaluation
Using the results of the calculation, the overall risk level can be found on the Risk Assessment Scoring chart at the appropriate
For risks scoring in the low (green) category, risk mitigating measures and/or actions are not required. Monitor and Review for
For risks scoring in the moderate (yellow) category, existing controls must be evaluated for effectiveness. For controls assesse
Risk / Reward, etc.).
All risks scoring in the high (red) category shall require risk mitigating measures and/or actions and monitoring for further asse
Risk Mitigating Measures and Actions
Risk mitigating measures and/or actions are those options for modifying risks; the selection and implementation of those optio
Risk Analysis
Once the root causes have been identified, their likelihood to occur and the severity of consequences should they occur are to
Each root cause shall be assigned a likelihood level and a consequence level score. These will be used to evaluate the overall r
Risk Evaluation
Using the results of the calculation, the overall risk level can be found on the Risk Assessment Scoring chart at the appropriate
For risks scoring in the low (green) category, risk mitigating measures and/or actions are not required. Monitor and Review for
For risks scoring in the moderate (yellow) category, existing controls must be evaluated for effectiveness. For controls assesse
Risk / Reward, etc.).
All risks scoring in the high (red) category shall require risk mitigating measures and/or actions and monitoring for further asse
Decisions should account for the need to consider carefully those rare but severe risks that may warrant risk mitigations that a
If budgetary constraints exist, the mitigation plan should clearly specify the priority order in which measures and/or actions sh
If after implementation residual risk remains, this risk should be evaluated and a decision should be made about whether to re