Step 4 – Failure Effect Categorization

The purpose of this step is categorization of failures. MSG-3 document lists 5 failure effect categories:

5 – Evident Safety

6 – Evident Operational

7 – Evident Economic

8 – Hidden Safety

9 – Hidden Economic

The current MSG-3 step provides decision-making diagrams for selecting appropriate category for each failure effect.

1.	Select top element or highest manageable MSI item in the product tree.

2.	Choose "4-Failure Effect Categorization" MSG-3 step in the button bar.

3.	List of failure effects will appear (only maintenance-significant items effects will appear):

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4.	For each failure effect in the list, perform the following steps:

a.	Press "Determine Failure Effect Category" button (or double-click on the effect).

b.	Decision diagram will appear. Click the appropriate answer in the lower part of the diagram:

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Selected answers are marked by green background color.

c.	Press Ok when done.

d.	Press "Provide remarks and explanations" button.

e.	Remarks dialog will appear – provide remarks on your decision:

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5.	After decision for all items is taken, the items list will display the results.

6.	Press Ok to close the failure effects list.