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Design for User Tasks using an Urgent/Important Matrix

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Statistical vs. Practical Significance

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How Many Do We Need To Test?

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In this episode we review sampling for design tests. We talk through a generic thought process for choosing a statistically relevant sample size and propose some basics that we can all learn about to better understand sampling. Our goal is for us to be able to better talk through a sampling scenario with our quality…

Life Cycle Costing for Product Design Choices

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5 Aspects of Good Reliability Goals and Requirements

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Using Failure Rate Functions to Drive Early Design Decisions

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We have good requirements for the reliability of our design. We also have a preliminary design with ideas of how we’re going to manufacture it. Is our design idea good enough? Are there things we should do to improve its performance and reliability? For a physical product, there are three general stages in its life…