This book is a practical step-by-step guide for reliability or software engineering practitioners. It illustrates each of the steps for performing a software FMEA and presents dozens of software failure modes and root causes. This book covers the eight possible viewpoints for conducting a SFMEA - requirements, interface design, detailed design and code, vulnerabilities, corrective actions, serviceability, usability and development processes. Faulty functionality, data, timing, sequencing and error handling are just some of the failure modes that are covered in this book. Real life examples of SFMEAs are shown during each step of the analysis as well as a cost benefit analysis. The second edition includes additional examples for the functional, interface and detailed software FMEA viewpoints, examples of what a software FMEA should not look like, examples of the difference between a preventive measure, compensating provision and corrective action for software related failure modes, and additional guidance on how to assess the likelihood of the failure modes. - from Amzon