https://www.qfdonline.com/archives/heading-in-the-right-direction/ ...moving into the House of Quality Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:07:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 https://www.qfdonline.com/archives/heading-in-the-right-direction/#comment-5 Justin Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:40:27 +0000 https://www.qfdonline.com/archives/heading-in-the-right-direction/#comment-5 You mentioned that the column restrictions imposed by Excel, etc. may be too limiting for an HOQ. I have been told that no HOQ should ever have more than 30 or 40 requirements in any of its lists in order to keep it maintainable. Therefore, I really don't think that the column restrictions are much of an issue considering that Excel allows 256 columns. You mentioned that the column restrictions imposed by Excel, etc. may be too limiting for an HOQ. I have been told that no HOQ should ever have more than 30 or 40 requirements in any of its lists in order to keep it maintainable. Therefore, I really don’t think that the column restrictions are much of an issue considering that Excel allows 256 columns.

]]> https://www.qfdonline.com/archives/heading-in-the-right-direction/#comment-17 Peter Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:08:16 +0000 https://www.qfdonline.com/archives/heading-in-the-right-direction/#comment-17 Justin - if you haven't already done so, you should check out Joseph Merts' article "<a href="https://www.qfdonline.com/archives/when-to-say-when/" title="When to Say When" rel="nofollow">When to Say When</a>" posted back in June. He makes some pretty interesting comments about limiting requirements to a "magic number" or "rule of thumb". Justin - if you haven’t already done so, you should check out Joseph Merts’ article “When to Say When” posted back in June. He makes some pretty interesting comments about limiting requirements to a “magic number” or “rule of thumb”.

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