Product Design Excellence Black Belt - EngineRoom

Course Map

Total Estimated Hours: 66

SESSION 1: Introduction to Design Excellence 3.9 HOURS

Introduction to Design Excellence
What is Design Excellence?
Design Thinking
Closing the Gap
Better Aim Through Design
Improving Lifecycle Cost
DCDOV - The Design Roadmap
DCDOV and DMAIC

Design Leverage
Design Excellence Achievements
Introduction to EngineRoom^®
Project Charter Toolset
Project Tracking Toolset
Learning and Problem Solving with AI
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 2: Define: Understanding the Voice of the Customer 5.75 HOURS

Introduction
Obtaining the Voice of The Customer
Market Segmentation
Understanding Customer Requirements
Listening to All the Voices
Where to Go For Customer Requirements
Conducting Surveys
Survey Considerations

Surveys - Sampling Frame
Structuring Survey Questions
Affinity Diagram Toolset
CTQC Tree Diagram Toolset
Operational Definition Toolset
Voice Of The Customer As Specifications
Progress Review - Define Phase
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 3: Concept: Divergent Thinking 5.95 HOURS

Introduction
QFD Toolset
Metrics
The Core Principle of DFSS
Process Capability Toolset
Benchmarking
Beyond Customer Requirements
Brainstorming

Structured Brainstorming
Process Design Principles
TRIZ
Narrowing Down The List of Ideas
Pugh Concept Selection Toolset
Progress Review - Concept Phase
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 4: Design: Convergent Thinking 5.75 HOURS

Introduction
Design Development
Results By Design
Design Scorecard
QFD: Building the 3rd House
Correlation and Regression Analysis
Multiple Regression Toolset

Error-proofing
FMEA Toolset
Product and Process Reliability
Basic Reliability Calculations
Transfer Function Toolset
Progress Review - Design Phase
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 5: Introduction to Experimental Design 6.95 HOURS

Design of Experiments - Introduction
Design of Experiments - History
Design of Experiments - Components
Design of Experiments - Principles
Design of Experiments - Purpose
Design of Experiments - Process

Design of Experiments - Guidelines
Selecting the Right Design
Blocking
Blocking and Tackling
Faster Deliveries Through Experimentation
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 6: Executing Designed Experiments 27.45 HOURS

Beyond One-Factor Experiments
DOE Power and Replicates
Two Level Full Factorial Toolset
Two Level Fractional Factorial Toolset
General Factorial Toolset

Designing An Experiment To Save The Kingdom
Better Pizza Through Design of Experiments
Designing Experiments to Sell More Coffee
Advanced DOE Subjects
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 7: Optimize: Fine-Tuning the Design Solution 8.8 HOURS

Introduction
Building a Process Model
From Process Diagram to Process Model
Predicting Process Performance With Simulation
Introduction to Discrete Event Simulation - Process Playground
Case Study: The Beginning
Case Study: Running The Model
Case Study: Interpreting Results
Optional Process Modeling Tutorials

Monte Carlo Toolset
Tolerance Design & Optimization Toolset
Optimization
Continuous Flow Optimization Toolset
Design For Lean - Supply Chain Dynamics
QFD: Building The 4th House
Progress Review - Optimize Phase
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check

SESSION 8: Verify: Launching the New Design 2.6 HOURS

Introduction
Other Aspects of Verification
The Process Control Plan
Testing a Design
Achieving Reliability Through Testing
Piloting a Design

Launch
Ending a Project
Progress Review - Verify Phase
Session Wrap-Up and Skill Check
Course Completion and Feedback