EngineerING REViewer training

Every engineering failure (engineering project problems, incorrect root cause analysis, or troubleshooting, etc.) has a companion review failure. PII research has found that improving engineering review effectiveness is the most cost-effective way to improve the quality of the engineering product.
Typical engineering reviewers just find typos and other non-essential errors and are subject to “halo” effects of the persons who develop the engineering product. This training course teaches the reviewers how to avoid the “halo” effect trap and uses a systematic process to identify all critical issues.

Benefits of This Course:

This training course is designed to reduce engineering product failure rates by a factor of 10 or more. This training is a low cost investment to ensure the high quality of engineering products, which include engineering design, analysis, calculations, and projects.

Topics Covered in This Course:

• Why engineers make errors
  • Distractions
  • Drowsiness
  • Over-confidence
  • Time pressure
  • Mindset
  • Examples
• Five Engineering Mindsets (BOOST)
  • Blind trust
  • Optimism bias
  • Out-of-sight/Out-of-mind
  • Sunk cost trap
  • Two-option trap
  • Examples
• Engineering Product Failure Modes (FUSESM)
  • First-time-evolution
  • Untraceable or unproven information
  • Single-point-vulnerability
  • Expertise deficiencies
  • Examples
• Issue Resolution Process
  • Classification
  • Balancing process
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Examples