Management of a typical experiment in engineering and science
Hussam K. Risan, Faiq M. Serhan, Adel A. Al-Azzawi
Abstract
Technical managing of a typical experiment in engineering or science could be a hard and daunting task. Often, experimentalists are not certain what is first and final steps be included and how the outcomes should be obtained. Fortunately, engineering and science experiments follow a routine procedure. They contain essentially main four process groups. The planning process group includes a statement of a problem, determining the input variables and output responses, and performing the design of the experiment. The run of experiment with quality and safety precautions fall within the execution process group. While the analysis process group detailed the statistical analysis achievement and interpretation. Finally, the experiment results are reported in the reporting process group. The use of the cause-and-effect tool to scan all variables or factors and responses and organize them in the flowchart or map for the overall processes and also define the problem statement in detail was found to be the major factors in the planning of an experiment.