1. Popcorn Sample PFMEA: Process Flow
* Review Process Flow Diagram Steps
* Notice Specifications when Present
* Refer to Other Specifications if Required
* Notice Tools Required for Process

2. Popcorn Sample PFMEA: PFMEA Body
* Review Process Steps
* Review Associated Potential Failure Modes
* Review Associated Effects
* Review Associated Causes
* Review Associated Controls

3. Popcorn Sample PFMEA: Risk (RPN)
* Review Severity Ranking
* Review Occurrence Ranking
* Review Detection Ranking
* Review RPN Calculation

4. Popcorn Sample PFMEA: Corrective Action
* Review High RPN Values (High Risk)
* Review Corrective Actions

5. Popcorn Sample PFMEA: Control Plan
* Translate Corrective Actions and Controls into a Quality Control Plan

6. Group Project Hose Valve PFMEA:
* Develop a Process FMEA for a Garden Hose Valve Assembly
* Work Groups of Five
* One Person is the Recorder
* Use Brainstorming Technique, Take Turns
* Remember, There are No Bad Suggestions

7. Hose Valve PFMEA: Product Review
* Review Hose Valve Assembly and Function
* Remove Large Flat O-ring
* Remove Screw and Lever
* Remove Valve Ball
* Remove Small O-ring

8. Hose Valve PFMEA: Specifications
* Review Customer Specifications
* Specifications are the Criteria for Failure Modes
* Which Specifications are Design and which are Process?
* Which Specifications can be Translated into Controls?

9. Hose Valve PFMEA: Process Flow Diagram
* Review Process Flow and Operations
* Notice Required Tools/Equipment
* Notice Control Characteristics
* What Needs to be Added...PFMEA to Determine

10. Hose Valve PFMEA: Process Operations
* List Process Steps in FMEA and Number
* One Process Step Per FMEA Page

11. Hose Valve PFMEA: Failure Modes
* List Failure Modes Associated with Process Step
* Brainstorm and Discuss...is it Realistic?
* Try Assembling per Process Flow Steps

12. Hose Valve PFMEA: Effects, Causes, and Controls
* List the Effects of the Failure Modes
* List the Root Cause of the Failure Modes
* List the Control Mechanisms to Prevent or Detect the Failure Mode

13. Hose Valve PFMEA: Determine Ranking
* Review Ranking Criteria
* Determine, List Severity Value
* Determine, List Occurrence Value
* Determine, List Detection Value

14. Hose Valve PFMEA: RPN * Calculate Risk Priority Number, RPN
* RPN = S x O x D
* Immediate Corrective Action for RPN > 90
* Continuous Improvement for RPN < 90, Top Three Issues

15. Hose Valve PFMEA: Corrective Action
* Determine Recommended Actions
* Assign Responsibility, Implementation Date
* Implement Actions
* Re-evaluate S, O, D, and RPN for Acceptance

16. Hose Valve PFMEA: Control Plan Development
* Translate Control Mechanisms into Control Plan
* Translate Control Mechanisms into Work Instructions and Standard Operating Procedures