Articles on QFD and the House of Quality
Each article explains one idea on one concrete product — a kettle, a city bike, a cordless drill — so you can see the method work, not just read its definition.
Where to start
- New to QFD? Readwhat Quality Function Deployment isand where it’s used.
- Building your first matrix? Followthe House of Quality, room by room.
- Going beyond one matrix? Seemulti-stage QFD, thenrequirement traceability.
All articles

Quality Function Deployment
What QFD is, where it came from and what QFD software does that a spreadsheet can’t.
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House of Quality
A House of Quality built room by room on an electric kettle — with the priority math.
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Multi-Stage QFD
How “lightweight” travels from a city bike’s frame mass down to welding parameters.
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Requirement Traceability
Where did this tolerance come from? Tracing a drill’s grinding pass back to customer needs.
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