Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

This house of quality sample illustrates correlation matrix.
It was designed on the base of the figure 3-5 in Lecture "How QFD helps in product quality improvement?" from the website of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), India. [nptel.ac.in/ courses/ 110101010/ downloads/ mod3/ Module%20 III-Lec1.pdf]
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"After drafting the relationship matrix, it is evaluated for any empty row or column. An empty row indicates that a customer voice is not being addressed by any technical descriptors. Thus, the customer expectation is not being met. Any blank column indicates that the technical requirement is unnecessary, as it does not address any VOC.
The roof of the house of quality, expressed as correlation matrix, is used to identify any interrelationships between the technical descriptors (Figure 3-5). Symbols are used to describe the strength of the interrelationships. Symbols generally preferred are:
- A ‘solid circle’ represents a strong positive relationship.
- A ‘circle’ represents a positive relationship.
- An ‘X’ represents a negative relationship.
- An ‘asterisk’ represents a strong negative relationship." [nptel.ac.in/ courses/ 110101010/ modules/ module3/ lec1/ 1.7.html]
The HOQ example "House of Quality - correlation matrix" was designed using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with House of Quality solution from Quality area of ConceptDraw PRO Solution Park.