DOE Planning Worksheet

Project Date

Team Leader

Process Name Process Owner

Experimental Objective

Response(s) (Output)
Meas. System
Name Measurement Validated?

Factors and Levels (Inputs) Note: delete unnecessary rows

Meas. System Number of
Factor Name Measurement Validated? Levels Level Description

Experiment Design
Number Center
Type of Design Fraction? Resolution of Replications Points Total Number of Runs

Are there known sources of variation? If Yes, how will blocking be employed?

Have the runs been randomized?

When will the experiment be conducted?
Who will set factor levels for each run?

Who will collect the response data?

Process Owner Approval Date

Number of Factors Number of Levels Factor Qualities Special Conditions

Unknown
Variation
2 or More
1 Factor
Levels
Known Variation

Manageable
Factors

All Factors at 2 No Serious

Levels Only Cost/Resource
Issues

Many Factors
(Screening)

Resource/Cost
Cost Constraints
or Ruggedness
2 or More Only
Factors

No Serious
Cost/Resource
Issues
All
Quantitative
Factors
1 or More Resource/Cost
Factors at 3 or Cost Constraints
More Levels or Ruggedness
1 or More Only
Qualitative
Factors
No Serious
Cost/Resource
Issues
Experiment Design

ANOVA

ANOVA
w/Blocking

Full Factorial

Regular Fractional
Factorial

Irregular Fractional
Factorial

Plackett-Burman

Taguchi

Min Run Res V

(Stat-Ease only)

Response Surface
Methods

Mixture

D-Optimal

Taguchi

General