Review Questions

1.	Why is FMEA for software similar to its application to automobile design and development?
2.	Why is FMEA for software simpler than for mechanical products? In the preceding chapter you saw that some of the analogies for mechanical TRIZ failed to reach into the virtual world of software.
3.	Explain why Design FMEA is more useful for software risk assessment than Concept FMEA or Process FMEA.
4.	Describe the five most common software failure modes. Can you think of other less-common or second-tier failure modes you have encountered?