The intent of this pattern is to develop an argument that a software failure mode can be handled by other components (software, hardware or other).
Authors: Rob Weaver, John McDermic, Tim Kelly
Last Modified: 20/4/2004
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The motivation for this pattern is to be able to either identify requirements on the hardware or other component safety arguments, or to develop an argument about other software functionality that will detect and handle the failure.