Engineering Risk and Quality Management

Find failure modes early and build quality into the process, not the inspection.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Quality built in, against quality inspected in
2. 1.2 The cost of poor quality
3. 1.3 Turning customer requirements into specification
4. 1.4 Management systems, and why they exist
1. 2.1 Variation is the enemy
2. 2.2 Measuring capability
3. 2.3 Measurement system analysis
4. 2.4 Statistical process control
1. 3.1 Reliability, availability, maintainability
2. 3.2 Failure distributions and life data
3. 3.3 Redundancy and margin
4. 3.4 Accelerated testing
1. 4.1 Failure modes and effects analysis
2. 4.2 Fault tree and event tree analysis
3. 4.3 Hazard studies
4. 4.4 Deciding what to fix first
1. 5.1 Identifying and registering risk
2. 5.2 Likelihood, consequence and tolerability
3. 5.3 Controls, barriers and residual risk
4. 5.4 Risk across a project lifecycle
1. 6.1 Structured problem solving
2. 6.2 The root cause tools that actually work
3. 6.3 Corrective and preventive action
4. 6.4 Making an improvement stick
1. 7.1 Lean thinking and waste
2. 7.2 Six Sigma in outline
3. 7.3 Design of experiments
4. 7.4 Choosing the right tool for the problem in front of you
1. 8.1 Audit and self-assessment
2. 8.2 Supplier quality
3. 8.3 Nonconformance, concessions and recall
4. 8.4 Standards, certification and evidence

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.