MIL-STD-1629A, MILITARY STANDARD: PROCEDURES FOR PERFORMING A FAILURE MODE, EFFECTS, AND CRITICALITY ANALYSIS (24 NOV 1980) [NO S/S DOCUMENT]., This standard establishes requirements and procedures for performing a failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) to systematically evaluate and document, by item failure mode analysis, the potential impact of each functional or hardware failure on mission success, personnel and system safety, system performance, maintainability, and maintenance requirements.