This document provides an overview of Quality Function Deployment (QFD), a design planning process driven by customer requirements. It discusses:
1. The history and key aspects of QFD including the "House of Quality" matrix and deploying the "Voice of the Customer" throughout the organization.
2. How QFD uses planning matrices at different stages to translate customer requirements into technical requirements, product requirements, process requirements, and control requirements.
3. The objectives of QFD which are to determine the voice of the customer and examine the company's response to customer needs.