Failure modes are shared across all parts within an organization. Having a master list of failure modes allows users to understand how a particular failure mode affects all the products created by an organization.

Failure modes are stored in quality contexts. This storage allows customers to have a single failure mode quality context for global usage or multiple quality contexts to allow for differentiation across product lines or other elements. To access failure modes, go to your quality context and click Failure Modes.

The Failure Modes table contains the following items: