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Quality During Design Podcast Blog

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Use FMEA to Design for In-Process Testing

We can use FMEA to design for in-process testing, using both process and design FMEAs early during design concepts.

Use FMEA to Choose Critical Design Features

Creating design specs is an important part of engineering design. We review a way to choose critical design features, based on risk.

Get Unstuck: Expand and Contract Our Problem

nine windows

We talk about a Nine Windows tool and TRIZ – thought-provoking methods that we can use to expand and contract our problem to get unstuck.

Get Unstuck: Reframe our Problem

We can reframe our problem within its contradictions. What is it not? We use an is/is-not matrix to help.

5 Options to Manage Risks during Product Engineering

What do we do with the risk we’ve identified? We look at five different ways to manage risk during new product development.

Prioritizing Technical Requirements with a House of Quality 

How to prioritize technical requirements with a House of Quality, no matter if your company uses QFD or not.