Learning objectives
On completion, participants will be capable of:
- Understanding the fundamental concepts of technical and business risk, its management, identification and reduction within the context of New Product Introduction (NPI).
- Understanding the Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) approach to product excellence and the importance of Design for X..
- Understanding the importance of capturing customer requirements and assessing compliance.
- Recognising the importance of project management and planning.
- Evaluating the methods and tools for accurate requirements capture in designing a product.
- Recognising the wide variety of factors that need to be addressed when designing a product.
- Assessing and managing business and technical risk.
- Understanding how to design products to deliver customer requirements.
- Critical analysis of product design plans.
- Understanding how to design products efficiently and effectively for reliability, life, maintainability, testability and environment.