Trace a possible failure path, link by link.
Failure-chain intelligence lays out a candidate path from component or change, through mechanism and failure mode, to the observed effect, and marks every link as supported, contradicted or not yet evidenced.
Written by hand in a case's Intelligence tab. Ready-made chain templates are not in the free trial.
- Explicit links. Break a suspected failure into component, mechanism, failure mode and effect, so each step can be examined on its own.
- Evidence per link. Attach the records that support or contradict each link. A chain is only as strong as its weakest evidenced step.
- Incomplete chains stay incomplete. Unsupported links are shown as gaps rather than filled in, and feed directly into the Unknowns Radar.
- Connected to risk. Relate the chain to known hazards, failure modes and risk controls from the product risk file.
- Component
- Mechanism
- Failure mode
- Effect
- Evidence
- Gaps