This paper presents an approach to the application of Quality Function Deployment that brings together the Enhanced QFD and the approach developed by Akao. In this way, the proposed approach benefits from focusing, at the same time, on: parameter extraction, systematizing the decision-taking process within its matrices (Enhanced QFD); and the identification of relationships among different parameters of the product development process (QFD by Akao). The steps involved in the proposed approach are depicted and justified. Finally, we discuss the effect of QFD on time to market and the benefits of the proposed approach.
quality function deployment; quality planning; product development
