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Project Management & Agile · Advanced

Design of Experiments (DOE)

Statistical method for determining which factors and interactions affect a process output.

Definition

DOE varies multiple factors simultaneously (factorial or fractional factorial designs) to find optimal settings efficiently.

Example

Testing temperature and pressure at two levels each in a 2x2 factorial design.

Exam tip

DOE is used in the Improve phase and in quality planning.

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