Online Measurements eLearning Training

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 3 This course is the final part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution.  more...

Customer Satisfaction Analysis and Implementation What you get out of a well-designed customer satisfaction survey will depend largely on the power of the analytical tools you apply to the data and the effectiveness of actions taken based on the resulting information. Although the analysis itself is best conducted by your statistical team, you'll be able to use survey results more effectively if you understand how key analytical tools are  more...

Measuring Team Performance Select the Right Metrics This course provides guidelines for choosing the metrics that best reflect the critical points for successful team performance. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group.  more...

Management Tools and Metrics Customers contacting Support Centers expect the same level of professionalism each time they interact with a Customer Support Specialist (CSS). To ensure this consistently high level of service, the CSS can draw an array of management tools and processes that both guide and measure his performance. This course is intended to demonstrate the management and measurement tools a professional CSS is  more...

Balanced Scorecard Implementing In Balanced Scorecard: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard, you will learn the importance of using a balanced scorecard as a tool to measure corporate performance relative to your company's strategies. You will also identify the four perspectives of a balanced scorecard, understand how to apply the steps to build a balanced scorecard for your organization, and learn how to construct a strategy  more...

Six Sigma--Measurement System Re-analysis Have you ever tried to change your life with a diet or exercise program, only to backslide and lose all the positive changes you made? It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal--improved health and fitness--after reaching your goal weight and fitness level. Maintaining positive changes takes just as much effort and vigilance as making the changes initially. Likewise for businesses--the benefits  more...

Measurement Systems ...nt data--is analyzing the measuring system to ensure that measurements are made without bias, are reproducible by all measuring instruments, and are repeatable by all operators. In this course, you will learn about Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA). You will see how to assess properties of a measurement system, including how to plan and conduct a Gauge R&R. You will learn some important  more...

Analyzing Process Capability ...ge of variables including people, machines, materials and measurements. The cumulative result must be quantified numerically to determine current performance and project future potential. To do so requires a knowledge of control limits, specification limits, capability indices, and the difference between short- and long-term variability. This course teaches Six Sigma Black Belts the process  more...

RF Fundamentals This module discusses the properties of radio frequency (RF) radiation and how its behavior can affect the performance of a wireless LAN. We introduce the uses and properties of antennas and explain the mathematical relationships that exist in RF circuits and why they are important, as well as how to perform the necessary RF math calculations.  more...

Analyzing the Network This module covers network performance concepts, estimating traffic volumes and patterns, taking baseline measurements of LAN traffic, and developing a traffic specification document.  more...

Analysis of LANs This WestNet e-Learning module will explain the key concepts of network development and introduce the types of network analysis tools that you will use as you evaluate the performance of an existing LAN.  more...

VoIP Network Engineering Management and Support This module explores telecommunications and converged network design and engineering principles. We review the Erlang and Poisson traffic estimation formulas. We learn the steps necessary to plan, design, and engineer a converged network. We discover methods we can use to measure the converged network s voice quality, and how we can determine the effects the final network design has on overall  more...

Traffic Engineering This WestNet e-Learning module discusses traffic engineering concepts, traffic data sources, and busy-hour engineering.  more...

Introduction to Linear Dimensional Measurement Instrumentation I This course is a basic introduction to some of the instrumentation used in linear dimensional measurements such as vernier calipers and inside and outside micrometers, depth and height gages and gauge blocks. How to read a micrometer and vernier scale is also covered. Primarily this course is meant to provide a foundation for future courses.  more...

Introduction to the Spectrum Analyzer This is an introductory course on the spectrum analyzer. This course covers the basic block diagram and some of the basic controls that can be found on spectrum analyzers. It does not cover basic measurements that can be made with the spectrum analyzer, that is being reserved for follow-on courses. The intent of this course is to provide basic familiarity to this versatile tool. The basic block  more...

Basic RF and Microwave Power Measurement ...course we will cover the basics of RF and microwave power measurements. First some of the devices used to measure power are briefly described, then the basic power measurement is described, including the effects of mismatches due to reflections in the measurement system on the measured power. Also the measurement of power through a two-port device is covered. Finally this course discusses in a  more...

Introduction to the Oscilloscope An introductory course on the oscilloscope and oscilloscope measurements. It is meant to be the first in a series of courses on the oscilloscope.  more...

Introduction to RF and Microwave Concepts ...he basic concepts that are involved with RF and Microwave measurements and devices. The fundamental difficulty with RF and Microwave measurements and design is that the wavelength of the electromagnetic fields involved are the same size as the devices used. Thus, approximations used in DC and AC electronics, or optical and beyond at the other end of the spectrum can not be used. This course  more...

Introduction to RF and Microwave Concepts ...he basic concepts that are involved with RF and Microwave measurements and devices. The fundamental difficulty with RF and Microwave measurements and design is that the wavelength of the electromagnetic fields involved are the same size as the devices used. Thus, approximations used in DC and AC electronics, or optical and beyond at the other end of the spectrum can not be used. This course  more...

Introduction to the decibel (dB) EE101 - Introduction to the decibel (dB) The purpose of this course is to introduce the concept of the decibel (dB). By the time the student completes this course, the following concepts will have been introduced. Introduction to logarithmic units The Logarithm and its properties Definition of the decibel and related units Conversion between dB and Linear Units  more...

Basic DC Measurements A basic course on DC measurements. This course lays a basic foundation that will be built upon in future courses.  more...

MEAS450 - Basic Far-Field Antenna Measurement This is a course on far-field antenna measurements. It describes the basic concepts involved, as well as an introduction on how the data can be processed.  more...