Based upon the customer/stakeholder requirements developed in Task 4, the group was able to determine numerous engineering characteristics along with the use of the database on the class website.  For the importance rankings, we used two different methods; the first was using the results from the customer survey, and the second was the group coming up with what they felt was truly important for the battery case.  After completing the iteration process for Tasks 6 and 7 more engineering characteristics were identified and added to the list.

During this task, the group learned the importance of iteration through the entire design process.  We found it necessary to make changes to the QFD all the way up until the end of the project.

For the QFD, we used the standard equation from the text and from lecture to determine the absolute and relative importance.  (Dieter, 2000, page 71)

QFD (Quality Function Deployment)

Correlation Matrix

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