VDA Volume 4 - Quality Assurance in the Process Landscape. Section 2: Risk Analyses. Fault Tree Analysis - FTA, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), SWOT-Analysis (Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats), 3rd Edition, Fully Revised and Expanded, March 2021

VDA Volume 4, Section 1 : General

Chapter 1 : Methods of Overview
Chapter 2 : Elementary Aids

• 2.1 : Introduction
• 2.2 : Flow-chart
• 2.3 : Histogram
• 2.4 : Inspection Chart
• 2.5 : Control Chart - Quality Control Chart
• 2.6 : Cause-effect Diagram (Ishikawa Diagram)
• 2.7 : Pareto Analysis
• 2.8 : Scatter Plot
• 2.9 : Contingency Analysis
• 2.10 : Analysis of Variance ANOVA
• 2.11 : Diskriminate Analysis
• 2.12 : Regression Analysis

Chapter 3 : Development Processes

• 3.1 : Introduction
• 3.2 : Design-Review
• 3.3 : Performance Specifications
• 3.4 : Planung von Erprobungen
• 3.5 : Trial Performance
• 3.6 : Documentation
• 3.7 : Consideration of Field Experience Prior to Serial Application
• 3.8 : Development Process (Example "Valve Spring")

VDA Volume 4, Section 2 : Risk Analyses

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

• 2.1 : Purpose
• 2.2 : Terms
• 2.3 : Description of the Method
• 2.4 : Drawing up a Fault Tree
• 2.5 : Fault Tree Evaluation
• 2.6 : Stipulating the Need for Action and Choice of Action
• 2.7 : Comparison FTA versus FMEA

Chapter 3 : Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• 3.1 : VDA Volume 4, "Product- and Process-FMEA", Part Product FMEA Compared to AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook DFMEA
• 3.2 : VDA Volume 4, "Product and Process-FMEA", Part Product FMEA Compared to AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook PFMEA
• 3.3 : VDA Volume 4, "FMEA for Mechatronical Systems" Compared to AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response (FMEA-MSR)

Chapter 4 : SWOT Analysis (Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats)

• 4.1 : Introduction
• 4.2 : Strengths and Weaknesses (SW)
• 4.3 : Opportunities and Threats (OT)
• 4.4 : Application Example
• 4.5 : Evaluation and Conclusion