Templates  

This package contains all the templates suitable to begin a new project. All templates contain a set of methods useful to fulfill specific tasks.

Root-Cause-Analysis

Start a root cause analysis project. You may also use this template to plan and prepare a design of experiments for process or system optimization.

Causal Loop Analysis

Start a causal loop analysis project. Calls loop analysis documents relationships between system elements, helping to generate an in depth understanding of a system under study or under design.

Fault-Tree-Analysis

Start a fault tree analysis project. Fault tree analysis is used to identify events or combinations of events leading to a specific fault. This specific fault is the root of the tree. Quantitative fault tree analysis can be used to determine the probability of the fault occurring based on probabilities of events.

Process-Analysis

Document process flow, optionally adding a characteristics matrix and a control plan. Add process parameters, inputs and outputs per process step for root cause analysis or process optimization. Structure can be added in form of process functions as defined by the AIAG/VDA FMEA Handbook, for example using 4M or 6M (or “4MHE”: Machine, Material, Method, Measurement, Human, Environment) per process step.

Requirements Analysis

Collect and cluster voice of customer (VOC) requirements, prioritize using Analytical Hierarchy Process pairwise comparison, define CTQs and summarize in a House of Quality.

Concept Development

Apply conceptual design methodology: identify functions, identify and combine solutions in using a Morphological Box. Then define requirements and score solutions against them in a Pugh matrix.

Solution Selection

Score solutions or options against a list of requirements. Define functional requirements (critical-to-quality requirements, CTQs), then evaluate solutions in a Pugh matrix.

Robust Design

Apply robust design: Identify noise factors using a P-Diagram, Identify control factors and define actions necessary to optimize robustness (DFMEA prevention controls). Cross check noise factors versus the design verification plan (DFMEA detection controls).

Quality Function Deployment

Use Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to track how key, new, unique, and difficult customer requirements are being addressed and verified. QFD typically starts with a matrix of customer requirements (voice of customer, VOC) versus functional requirements (critical to quality, CTQ). This matrix is known as the 1st House of Quality.

Project Management

Collection of common project management tools

Strategy

Collection of common strategy development tools.

Project Framework

Use a project framework to organize individual tools and methods.