scope:

This standard establishes uniform requirements and criteria for a performance-based Failure Reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS). The performance-based aspect of this standard requires that the organizationʼs FRACAS capability be rated according to predetermined criteria for process capability and data maturity. Although it is a common industry practice for the FRACAS to employ automated systems that rely on computer database applications, this standard does not mandate any particular computer architecture for FRACAS data documentation, storage, or retrieval.

Purpose

The primary purpose of the FRACAS is to establish and manage a closed-loop system adequate for use by the project in the processing and management of hardware and software anomaly reports. The baseline FRACAS assures that problems and failures occurring throughout the system lifecycle are properly documented and resolved. Even the most severely tailored development project will typically retain a FRACAS as an element of a minimal set of project functions.