Product SpecificationsChapter 6
Product Specifications Chapter 6
Product Design and DevelopmentIntroduction2.DevelopmentProcessesandOrganizations3.OpportunityIdentification4.Product Planning5.IdentifyingCustomerNeeds6.ProductSpecifications7.ConceptGeneration8.ConceptSelection9.Concept Testing10.ProductArchitecture11.Industrial Design12.DesignforEnvironment13.DesignforManufacturing14.Prototyping
Product Design and Development 1. Introduction 2. Development Processes and Organizations 3. Opportunity Identification 4. Product Planning 5. Identifying Customer Needs 6. Product Specifications 7. Concept Generation 8. Concept Selection 9. Concept Testing 10. Product Architecture 11. Industrial Design 12. Design for Environment 13. Design for Manufacturing 14. Prototyping
Product Development ProcessConceptDetailProductionSystem-LevelTestingandPlanningDevelopmentDesignDesignRefinementRamp-Up
Planning Product Development Process Concept Development System-Level Design Detail Design Testing and Refinement Production Ramp-Up
Specification: A metric and a valueTranslation of need expressed inlanguage of customers to a measurableattribute
Specification • A metric and a value • Translation of need expressed in language of customers to a measurable attribute
Why set specifications?: Provides concrete goals that are bothmeaningful technically and will result incustomer satisfaction.Allows the team to "keep score.'Forces resolution of trade-offs. Settingspecifications is really the first set ofhard decisions the team has to make
Why set specifications? • Provides concrete goals that are both meaningful technically and will result in customer satisfaction. • Allows the team to "keep score." • Forces resolution of trade-offs. Setting specifications is really the first set of hard decisions the team has to make