On-line training courses

harding125 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-06-2008, 19:16

Hi,
We are developing a series of on-line training courses based around the product development activities. We have just completed one on the FMEA tool and are in the process of developing a course for SWOT analysis.

The question is what other courses would be useful? All thoughts welcome.

Gary

sally · #2 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 08:12

Sorry Gary I can't help you but I'm just bumping your thread to see if anyone can help this morning.

Mike · #3 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 09:20

Well this is an area im just moving into, ie product development, and to be honest i have no idea where to start, so maybe try to think of yourself as total noobs to it..

JohnG · #4 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 09:38

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Originally Posted by harding125

Hi,
We are developing a series of on-line training courses based around the product development activities. We have just completed one on the FMEA tool and are in the process of developing a course for SWOT analysis.

The question is what other courses would be useful? All thoughts welcome.

Gary

A man after my own heart! I used to run one of the very early projects in what was then called Open Learning and we did some similar stuff to this.

One good one to consider is "Design of Experiments" which usually majors on Taguchi methodology.

harding125 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 19:05

Thanks. Design of Experiments is a good one, we'll add that to the list. Any more ideas?

fee · #6 (**permalink**) 08-06-2008, 22:57

Funding options
Choosing the right material...........could do with this one myself....

the choice of patent and Design protection.....
What is FMEA .......

How to write a concise design brief

just a few i would have found useful...

JohnG · #7 (**permalink**) 09-06-2008, 18:07

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Originally Posted by fee

What is FMEA .......

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.

harding125 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-06-2008, 18:19

Hi,
Thanks for the ideas. Below is an extract from our website that explains a little more about the FMEA tool.

The Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) tool forms the heart of robust product development. Developed from the engineering community the FMEA tool can be applied to any goods, services or processes that are being developed. The FMEA tool has also been successfully deployed in problem solving situations as it brings discipline and structure to the problem analysis.

The FMEA tool essentially breaks the product down into parts and considers the function of each part of the product. All the potential failures of each part are then reviewed and scored to give a set of priorities. The product developers can then change the goods, services and processes to avoid the potential failure from occurring. As the failures never occur the customers never experience them. The quality of the goods, services or processes are thereby improved.

I hope this helps.
Gary

harding125 · #9 (**permalink**) 19-06-2008, 17:39

Hi,
We've now added the on-line SWOT training course and are looking for further ideas. There must be some more good ideas out there. What course would you like to have?

Gary