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As a quality engineer by trade, I have to admit some embarrassment at not thinking harder about implementing a quality focus toward our FRC team. After reading through this thread, it occurs to me that the FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) could be particularly useful here. In the early days of build season, the DFMEA (design) to consider all the possible things that could fail with the design and what effect they would have. This could be an effective way to determine where a flaw in the design could lead to a problem you would not otherwise have discovered. As strategy is developed, and procedures are developed for event preparation and participation, the PFMEA (process) to figure out what problems could occur surrounding team performance - similarly useful to guide strategy, maintenance, and other competition considerations.