In addition to Miner' excellent advice (I think I'm going to service mark that phrase!)
The Ford document does a great job of covering the mechanics...
I would recommend the following for some advanced thought about the systemic approach to
FMEA. Also I have attached a document I used for how FMEA fits into the whole process of development...
Bohn, Roger, “Stop Fighting Fires”,
The Harvard Business Review, July-August 2000
Stop Fighting Fires
Wheeler, Donald, “Problem with Risk Priority Numbers, More Mathematical Jabberwocky”,
Quality Digest, June 2011.
Problems With Risk Priority Numbers
Youssef, Nataly F. and Hyman, William A., “Analysis of Risk: Are Current Methods Theoretically Sound? Applying risk assessment may not give manufacturers the answers they think they are getting”,
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, October 2009
Analysis of Risk: Are Current Methods Theoretically Sound?
Flag, John,
“Rethinking Failure Mode and Effects Analysis”,
Quality Digest, June 2015
Rethinking Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Crosby, David, “Words that Kill Quality and Spill Oil”,
Quality Digest, July, 2010
Words That Kill Quality and Spill Oil
Travis, Gregory, “How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Designer”,
IEEE Spectrum, April 19, 2019
Haynes, Alfred C., “United Flight 232: Coping with the ‘One-in-a-Billion’ Loss of All Flight Controls”,
Flight Safety Foundation, Accident Prevention, Vol 48. No. 6, June 1991.
https://flightsafety.org/ap/ap_jun91.pdf
Imran, Muhammad, “The Failure of Risk Management and How to Fix It”, Book Review,
Journal of Strategy & Performance Management, 2(4), 2014 pp. 162-165
http://jspm.firstpromethean.com/documents/162-165.pdf