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Raise Your Confidence by Strategically Stacking Evidence

Raise Your Confidence by Strategically Stacking Evidence

Update: 2025-11-06
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Late-stage design just hit a snag—now comes the moment that separates guesswork from great engineering. We walk through a clear, repeatable method to investigate unexpected failures and make high-impact decisions with confidence. Instead of hunting for a perfect test, we set a confidence target and stack multiple forms of imperfect evidence until we close the gap.

If you’re navigating late-stage product development and want a calm, methodical way to move from 40% to 90% confidence, this framework will help you choose the next best step, allocate limited time and budget, and know when to stop. 

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ABOUT DIANNA
Dianna Deeney is a quality advocate for product development with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing. She is president of Deeney Enterprises, LLC, which helps organizations and people improve engineering design.

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Raise Your Confidence by Strategically Stacking Evidence

Raise Your Confidence by Strategically Stacking Evidence

Dianna Deeney