LSSGB: For incorporating desired attributes into the earliest stages of product design, which technique out of the following is the most effective?

OPTIONS

• FTA
• FRACAS
• QFD
• FMEA

ANSWER

QFD

EXPLANATION

This question requires the knowledge of common reliability techniques (and their acronyms). All the listed techniques, fault tree analysis, failure reporting analysis and corrective action system, quality functional deployment, and failure mode effects analysis are important tools and techniques. However, to develop customer needs and specifications, in the early stages of product design, QFD is the proper technique.