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Quality during Design

Quality during Design is the place for product designers to use quality thinking throughout the design process to create products others love, for less.

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QDD 086 Why Yield Quality in the Front-End of Product Development

QDD 086 Why Yield Quality in the Front-End of Product Development

Why Yield Quality in the Front-End of Product Development

During the product development process, are there so many design prototypes but the team’s still not getting buy-in?

Are design concepts changing mid-development after it’s “too late” to change the design?

Are designs picked-apart only after they’re nearly done?

Late in development, are there many fires to fight with too many surprises at test?

Quality during Design is not about compliance activities. It’s about being proactive with our team in early development. And knowing how to have conversations that gets us what we need so we can engineer designs.

We explore why Quality can help us PRUNE the development process just by the nature of how it’s used.
And we highlight the 3 areas that we focus on in Quality during Design: risk-based decisions, quality and reliability engineering partnership, and the user’s process.

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QDD 085 Book Cast

QDD 085 Book Cast

Book Cast

Where do we sometimes need to look for inspiration?  Books!

We talk about 11 books in 5 different topics that are useful for different perspectives on engineering and design topics.

And I tell you what I’m most looking forward to reading next.

What book recommendations do you have for me? Please add them to the comments, below.

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QDD 084 Engineering in the Color Economy

QDD 084 Engineering in the Color Economy

Engineering in the Color Economy

What is engineering in the color economy?

We explore facets of sustainable economic models: Green, Blue, Yellow, and Orange.

Where do you fit in now? Where would you like to be? And how can you make design choices within each (or all!) of these color economies?

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QDD 083 Getting to Great Designs

QDD 083 Getting to Great Designs

Getting to Great Designs

What makes a great design?

It depends.

We talk about the spectrum of designs (from great to spam), the various customers engineers need to design for, and how engineers can work with their team toward defining what a great design should be.

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QDD 082 Get Clarity on Goals with a Continuum

QDD 082 Get Clarity on Goals with a Continuum

Get Clarity on Goals with a Continuum

We worked on a project with our team and met our goal!
Except, management isn’t happy – they expected something else.

Seeing if we have alignment on goals is easy if we gather the team and stakeholders for 10 minutes and use a continuum.

There are certain categories that goals will fall within. A continuum is a way we can list those categories, get alignment, and gain an understanding of how ‘big’ of a project this is going to be. We get clarity on our goals.

Is it hard? Not at all. Is it eye-opening? Sometimes. It can help us move forward with a discussion to help ensure we’re all successful.

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QDD 081 Variable Relationships: Correlation and Causation

QDD 081 Variable Relationships: Correlation and Causation

Variable Relationships: Correlation and Causation

Relationships matter! And they can be difficult to understand.

We’re taking relationships between variables. Does one variable affect another? Or do they just correlate? Understanding which matters to the values of our decisions.

We talk about the saying “Correlation does not imply causation”, how to find a confounding variable, and ways to check that we’ve got the triggering cause that’s going to affect our outcome.

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QDD 080 Use Meetings to Add Productivity

QDD 080 Use Meetings to Add Productivity

Use Meetings to Add Productivity

Meetings to ADD productivity to our day? Yes!

We need our time to be productive, individually.
We also need input from our team. We can use meetings to add productivity to our day, if done right.

We break it down: hours in a day, limits of humans, and the minimum requirements of a good meeting.

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QDD 079 Ways to Partner with Test Engineers

QDD 079 Ways to Partner with Test Engineers

Ways to Partner with Test Engineers

We have test results but realize that testing didn’t go as planned.

What can we do to help prevent this scenario?

We talk about ways to partner with test engineers and test technicians and the importance of still maintaining their independence.

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QDD 078 What do We do with FMEA Early in Design Concept?

QDD 078 What do We do with FMEA Early in Design Concept?

What do We do with FMEA Early in Design Concept?

I’ve mentioned in previous episodes that it’s best to do FMEA early in the design concept phases of development.

Well, if we do FMEA early, then what can with do with it?

We explore a bit how to study any risk analyses (system risks, FMEA, hazard analysis) to help design-out problems, set-up design inputs, and help us figure out test methods. We also talk a bit about why a team is a necessary part of risk analyses.

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QDD 077 A Severity Scale based on Quality Dimensions

QDD 077 A Severity Scale based on Quality Dimensions

A Severity Scale based on Quality Dimensions

We can develop a severity rating scale based on us: our company, our customer, our product… And we can relate the categories that we use to the quality dimensions that matter to us.

We talk about the 7 principal quality dimensions of goods and services, the 5 principal dimensions of quality in customer service, and how we might customize our severity scale based on these dimensions.

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QDD 076 Use Force Field Analysis to Understand Nuances

QDD 076 Use Force Field Analysis to Understand Nuances

Use Force Field Analysis to Understand Nuances

A force field analysis is a tool in the quality toolbox. Its typical use case is to help a team analyze a change by understanding the forces involved. We can also use it to help us solve a problem.

We can use a force field analysis to understand nuances or to get a handle on a change that involves many different people or departments.

We envision a force field analysis as a football field during a game. Listen-in and then gather your team and try it out for your next change!

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QDD 075 Getting Use Information without a Prototype

QDD 075 Getting Use Information without a Prototype

Getting Use Information without a Prototype

There is a lot of use information about a new product concept that we can develop, even if we don’t have an engineering prototype. We want this information especiallybefore we start prototyping!

We talk about what type of information we can gather and a stepwise approach to get it with our cross-functional team.

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QDD 074 Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Supplements Test

QDD 074 Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Supplements Test

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Supplements Test

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is not a substitute for product test.

It can be used as a supplement to design and test.

There are lots of ways to use it during design: to evaluate differences in prototype options, as test inputs, and even to help with root cause analysis.

We talk about FEA and when to work with Quality Engineers and Reliability Engineers for next steps.

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QDD 073 2 Lessons about Remote Work for Design Engineers

QDD 073 2 Lessons about Remote Work for Design Engineers

2 Lessons about Remote Work for Design Engineers

Cross-functional teamwork is so important for product design. Our team is integral in understanding all of our customer’s needs: internal and external customers.

Remote work and social distancing have affected how we do our work, and how we communicate with our cross-functional team. Now, we’re starting to get back into “normal’ routines.

There are important lessons learned about the way we work. We talk about just a couple of perspectives that could affect how design engineers work.

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QDD 072 Always Plot the Data

QDD 072 Always Plot the Data

Always Plot the Data

We don’t just rely on the numbers – we always plot the data!

We review how we use plots to look past the numbers, and to be aware of common gotchas!

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QDD 101 Quality Tools are Legos of Development (and Their 7 Uses)

QDD 100 Lessons Learned from Coffee Pod Stories

QDD 099 Crucial Conversations in Engineering, with Shere Tuckey (A Chat with Cross-Functional Experts)

QDD 098 Challenges Getting Team Input in Concept Development

QDD 097 Brainstorming within Design Sprints

QDD 096 After the ‘Storm: Compare and Prioritize Ideas

QDD 095 After the ‘Storm: Pareto Voting and Screening Methods

QDD 094 After the ‘Storm: Group and Explore Ideas

QDD 093 Product Design with Brainstorming, with Emily Haidemenos (A Chat with Cross Functional Experts)

QDD 092 Ways to Gather Ideas with a Team

QDD 091 The Spirits of Technical Writing Past, Present, and Future

QDD 090 The Gifts Others Bring

QDD 089 Next Steps after Surprising Test Results

QDD 088 Choose Reliability Goals for Modules

QDD 087 Start a System Architecture Diagram Early

QDD 086 Why Yield Quality in the Front-End of Product Development

QDD 085 Book Cast

QDD 084 Engineering in the Color Economy

QDD 083 Getting to Great Designs

QDD 082 Get Clarity on Goals with a Continuum

QDD 081 Variable Relationships: Correlation and Causation

QDD 080 Use Meetings to Add Productivity

QDD 079 Ways to Partner with Test Engineers

QDD 078 What do We do with FMEA Early in Design Concept?

QDD 077 A Severity Scale based on Quality Dimensions

QDD 076 Use Force Field Analysis to Understand Nuances

QDD 075 Getting Use Information without a Prototype

QDD 074 Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Supplements Test

QDD 073 2 Lessons about Remote Work for Design Engineers

QDD 072 Always Plot the Data

QDD 071 Supplier Control Plans and Design Specs

QDD 070 Use FMEA to Design for In-Process Testing

QDD 069 Use FMEA to Choose Critical Design Features

QDD 068 Get Unstuck: Expand and Contract Our Problem

QDD 067 Get Unstuck: Reframe our Problem

QDD 066 5 Options to Manage Risks during Product Engineering

QDD 065 Prioritizing Technical Requirements with a House of Quality

QDD 064 Gemba for Product Design Engineering

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

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

QDD 061 How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

QDD 060 3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

QDD 059 Product Design from a Marketing Viewpoint, with Laura Krick (A Chat with Cross Functional Experts)

QDD 058 UFMEA vs. DFMEA

QDD 057 Design Input & Specs vs. Test & Measure Capability

QDD 056 ALT vs. HALT

QDD 055 Quality as a Strategic Asset vs. Quality as a Control

QDD 054 Design Specs vs. Process Control, Capability, and SPC

QDD 053 Internal Customers vs. External Customers

QDD 052 Discrete Data vs. Continuous Data

QDD 051 Prevention Controls vs. Detection Controls

QDD 050 Try this Method to Help with Complex Decisions (DMRCS)

QDD 049 Overlapping Ideas: Quality, Reliability, and Safety

QDD 048 Using SIPOC to Get Started

QDD 047 Risk Barriers as Swiss Cheese?

QDD 046 Environmental Stress Testing for Robust Designs

QDD 045 Choosing a Confidence Level for Test using FMEA

QDD 044 Getting Started with FMEA – It All Begins with a Plan

QDD 043 How can 8D help Solve my Recurring Problem?

QDD 042 Mistake-Proofing – The Poka-Yoke of Usability

QDD 041 Getting Comfortable with using Reliability Results

QDD 040 How to Self-Advocate for More Customer Face Time (and why it’s important)

QDD 039 Choosing Quality Tools (Mind Map vs. Flowchart vs. Spaghetti Diagram)

QDD 038 The DFE Part of DFX (Design For Environment and eXcellence)

QDD 037 Results-Driven Decisions, Faster: Accelerated Stress Testing as a Reliability Life Test

QDD 036 When to use DOE (Design of Experiments)?

QDD 035 Design for User Tasks using an Urgent/Important Matrix

QDD 034 Statistical vs. Practical Significance

QDD 033 How Many Do We Need To Test?

QDD 032 Life Cycle Costing for Product Design Choices

QDD 031 5 Aspects of Good Reliability Goals and Requirements

QDD 030 Using Failure Rate Functions to Drive Early Design Decisions

QDD 029 Types of Design Analyses possible with User Process Flowcharts

QDD 028 Design Tolerances Based on Economics (Using the Taguchi Loss Function)

QDD 027 How Many Controls do we Need to Reduce Risk?

QDD 026 Solving Symptoms Instead of Causes?

QDD 025 Do you have SMART ACORN objectives?

QDD 024 Why Look to Standards

QDD 023 Getting the Voice of the Customer

QDD 022 The Way We Test Matters

QDD 021 Designing Specs for QA

QDD 020 Every Failure is a Gift

QDD 019 Understanding the Purposes behind Kaizen

QDD 018 Fishbone Diagram: A Supertool to Understand Problems, Potential Solutions, and Goals

QDD 017 What is ‘Production Equivalent’ and Why Does it Matter?

QDD 016 About Visual Quality Standards

QDD 015 Using the Pareto Principle and Avoiding Common Pitfalls

QDD 014 The Who’s Who of your Quality Team

QDD 013 When it’s Not Normal: How to Choose from a Library of Distributions

QDD 012 What are TQM, QFD, Six Sigma, and Lean?

QDD 011 The Designer’s Important Influence on Monitoring After Launch

QDD 010 How to Handle Competing Failure Modes

QDD 009 About Using Slide Decks for Technical Design Reviews

QDD 008 Remaking Risk-Based Decisions: Allowing Ourselves to Change our Minds.

QDD 007 Need to innovate? Stop brainstorming and try a systematic approach.

QDD 006 HALT! Watch out for that weakest link

QDD 005 The Designer’s Risk Analysis affects Business, Projects, and Suppliers

QDD 004 A big failure and too many causes? Try this analysis.

QDD 003 Why Your Design Inputs Need to Include Quality & Reliability

QDD 002 My product works. Why don’t they want it?

QDD 001 How to Choose the Right Improvement Model

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