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Dianna Deeney — Active Contributor

Host of Quality during Design podcast and co-host of the Speaking of Reliability podcast.


This author's archive lists contributions of articles and episodes.

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QDD 070 Use FMEA to Design for In-Process Testing

QDD 070 Use FMEA to Design for In-Process Testing

Use FMEA to Design for In-Process Testing

Our manufacturing friends are approaching us with a problem.

They want to test the product during manufacturing. The way the product is currently designed doesn’t let them do this, or not easily.

Can we make a design change so they can test?

 

Imagine that they’re coming to us with this question before we’ve completed the design. Can they really see the future?

Perhaps, with strategic use of FMEA. We talk through a scenario of how to do it.

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QDD 069 Use FMEA to Choose Critical Design Features

QDD 069 Use FMEA to Choose Critical Design Features

Use FMEA to Choose Critical Design Features

We’re heading into pilot production.

We’ve got to finish those design specs and engineering drawings!

  • Manufacturing wants to start cutting steel for molds.
  • Suppliers want to work out the specs on their end.
  • QA is asking what they should inspect.

Before you pass it along, have you identified what features are critical? Does it align with managing risk? And are you communicating that effectively on your specs and drawings?

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

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QDD 068 Get Unstuck: Expand and Contract Our Problem

QDD 068 Get Unstuck: Expand and Contract Our Problem

Get Unstuck: Expand and Contract Our Problem

We can get stuck when trying to discover a solution to a problem.

We talk about a Nine Windows tool and TRIZ – more thought-provoking methods that we can use to get unstuck and move on to the next step.

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QDD 067 Get Unstuck: Reframe our Problem

QDD 067 Get Unstuck: Reframe our Problem

Get Unstuck: Reframe our Problem

We can get stuck when trying to discover a solution to a problem. Sometimes it helps to expand our thinking into other avenues. We can reframe our problem within its contradictions. What is it not?

We review an Is/Is-Not Matrix: how it’s built, its purpose, and how it can help us.

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QDD 066 5 Options to Manage Risks during Product Engineering

QDD 066 5 Options to Manage Risks during Product Engineering

5 Options to Manage Risks during Product Engineering

 

We’re uncovering risks during our new product development, about our design. How do we manage risks? What options do we have?

There are at least 5 options we can take to manage risks. We talk about each, and how quality and reliability methods and techniques may help us with the next steps to be able to make decisions with our team.

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QDD 065 Prioritizing Technical Requirements with a House of Quality

QDD 065 Prioritizing Technical Requirements with a House of Quality

Prioritizing Technical Requirements with a House of Quality

As a design engineer, you’re tasked with translating vague customer statements into something technical and measurable. And you also need to identify what requirements are important: filtering the “must meet” requirements against the “should have” requirements. And, finally, you need to do this with your cross-functional team.

What if you miss something important?

It’s difficult. There is a method that we can use. Let’s talk about the House of Quality and how you can use it no matter where you work.

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SOR 773 Training that Sticks

SOR 773 Training that Sticks

Training that Sticks

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Dianna and Fred discussing training that sticks.
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SOR 772 Independent Design Reviewer

SOR 772 Independent Design Reviewer

Independent Design Reviewer

Abstract

Dianna and Fred discussing design reviews and independent reviewers.
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QDD 064 Gemba for Product Design Engineering

QDD 064 Gemba for Product Design Engineering

Gemba for Product Design Engineering

If you have quality friends, you may have heard of Gemba. What is Gemba and can it help with product design?

Gemba is an ideology.

And, yes, it can help with product design!

We explore how and talk about why you might want to adopt the term “Gemba” for product design engineering.

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SOR 771 Too Many Meetings

SOR 771 Too Many Meetings

Too Many Meetings

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Dianna and Fred discussing how to get next steps when being presented a problem by quality assurance.
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QDD 063 Product Design from a Data Professional Viewpoint, with Gabor Szabo (A Chat with Cross Functional Experts)

QDD 063 Product Design from a Data Professional Viewpoint, with Gabor Szabo (A Chat with Cross Functional Experts)

Product Design from a Data Professional Viewpoint, with Gabor Szabo (A Chat with Cross Functional Experts)

“A Chat with Cross Functional Experts” is a Quality during Design interview series. Our focus is speaking with people that are typically part of a cross-functional team for new product development. We discuss their viewpoints and perspectives regarding new products, the values they bring to new product development, and how they’re involved and work with product design engineering teammates.

Today we talk with Gabor Szabo. Gabor is an engineering and data professional with experience in numerous industries, including the medical device and automotive industries. In his current role a Sr. Principal Engineer of Operations Excellence, he works with various cross-functional teams on validating new processes and products, launching new products, helps them diagnose and solve technical problems. He hosts the Critical Talks podcast. He also develops software and builds data products in R.

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QDD 062 How Does Reliability Engineering Affect (Not Just Assess) Design?

QDD 062 How Does Reliability Engineering Affect (Not Just Assess) Design?

How Does Reliability Engineering Affect (Not Just Assess) Design?

Reliability Engineering isn’t just about assessments. It’s about providing information to make decisions. How does reliability engineering affect design?

We answer all the questions from the classical Kipling Method:

  • What kind of design inputs can we expect from a Reliability Engineering working relationship?
  • Why is their point of view important?
  • When should we get them involved in the product development cycle?
  • Who can we generally look to for a reliability engineering viewpoint?
  • How can we get them involved?
  • Where do we find out more information?

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QDD 061 How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

QDD 061 How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is a tool we can use to help us investigate complaints from the field. The FMEA is a matrix of the collective team knowledge about the risks of this product, so it’s a valuable source in our investigation about what’s going on in the field.

We talk through how to go about using FMEA for complaint investigation and what we can do with the information.

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QDD 060 3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

QDD 060 3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

Many presentation books and guides seem to focus on presentations that we see at conferences, for sales pitches, or for executive meetings about business topics.

They don’t seem applicable to the technical design reviews that engineers host.

But they do relate.

We talk about just 3 ways that we can change how we can plan technical design reviews, using some of the principles of presentations.

 

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SOR 762 Problem Solving with Customer Service

SOR 762 Problem Solving with Customer Service

Problem Solving with Customer Service

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Dianna and Fred discussing customer service: personal and professional experiences.
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