The Architecture Provides The PlanThe architecture answers thesequestions:. How can the functions be grouped?· How should the groups be arranged?Whatinterconnectionsare necessary?.Whatisolations arenecessary?6
6 The Architecture Provides The Plan The architecture answers these questions: • How can the functions be grouped? • How should the groups be arranged? • What interconnections are necessary? • What isolations are necessary?
Product Development ProcessConceptDetailProductionSystem-LevelTestingandPlanningDevelopmentDesignDesignRefinementRamp-Up★★1PlatformConceptDecompositiondecisiondecisiondecisionProductarchitectureisdeterminedearlyinthedevelopmentprocess
Planning Product Development Process Concept Development System-Level Design Detail Design Testing and Refinement Production Ramp-Up Product architecture is determined early in the development process. Platform decision Concept decision Decomposition decision
Definitions: Decomposition is the conceptualbreaking down of the product intofunctional and/or physical elements..Functional elements are used whenthe description is left in schematic form: Physical elements are used when thedescription includes actual components
Definitions • Decomposition is the conceptual breaking down of the product into functional and/or physical elements. • Functional elements are used when the description is left in schematic form. • Physical elements are used when the description includes actual components
Product Architecture: DefinitionThe arrangement of functional elements into physicalchunks (and by which chunks interact) which becomethe building blocks for the product or family ofproducts.modulenodulemoduleuleProductmoduleulemodule
Product Architecture: Definition The arrangement of functional elements into physical chunks (and by which chunks interact) which become the building blocks for the product or family of products. Product module module module module module module module module
Primary Types of ProductArchitectureModularIntegral (Nonmodular)Most products have some degree ofmodularity
Primary Types of Product Architecture • Modular • Integral (Nonmodular) Most products have some degree of modularity