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2 Development Processes and Organizations
2 Development Processes and Organizations
Organizations
M is s io n D e v e lo p m e n t
S ta te m e n t E s t a b lis h G e n e r a te S e le c t Test Set P la n P la n
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T a rg e t P ro d u c t P ro d u c t P ro d u c t F in a l D o w n s tre a m
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S p e c if ic a t io n s S p e c if ic a t io n s D e v e lo p m e n t
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Generic Product Development
Process
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Concept development
A description of the form, function, and
features of a product
A set of specifications
An economic justification of the project.
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System (architectural) design
Definition of product architecture, with an
assembly layout.
Division of the product into subsystems and
components, each with a functional
specification.
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Detailed design
Complete specification of the geometry,
materials, and tolerances of each of the
unique parts
Identification of all standard parts to be
purchased.
Establishment of a process plan and tooling
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Test and refinement
Construction and evaluation of multiple pre-production
versions of the product.
Early (alpha) prototypes are usually built with production-
intent parts (but may not be with the intended production
processes) for testing in the designer's environment, if the
design intent and key customer needs are met.
Later (beta) prototypes are built with parts supplied by the
intended production processes (but may not be with the
intended-assembly process), tested by customers in their
environment, and to evaluate product performance and
reliability.
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Production ramp-up
The product is made using the intended
production system.
To train the work force and to work out any
remaining problems in the production
processes.
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A generic concept
development process
1. Identifying customer needs
2. Establishing target specifications
3. Concept generation
4. Concept selection
5. Concept testing
6. Setting final specifications
7. Project planning
8. Economic analysis
9. Benchmarking of competitive products
10. Modeling and prototyping
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Rapid Iteration PD Process
Design
Design Test
Test
Concept System-Level Integrate Validation
Planning Concept System-Level Integrate Validation
Development Design and
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Planning Development Design Test andRamp-Up
Ramp-Up
Design
Design Test
Test
Mission Concept System Production
Approval Review Review Approval
Design
Design Test
Test
Concept Development Process
Mission Development
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nt Customer Target Product Product Product Final Downstream
Needs Specifications Concepts Concept(s) Concept(s)Specifications
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Tyco Product Development
Process
Organizational types
Strict functional organization
Strict project organization
Matrix organization
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Matrix organization
A hybrid of functional and project organizations
Each individual is linked to others according to
both the project they work on and their functions
Each has two supervisors: project manager and
functional manager.
Two variants of the matrix organizations
Heavyweight project organization (i.e., strong project
links).
Lightweight project organization (strong functional
links).
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Factors for affecting an org.
structure
Importance of cross-functional integration
Criticalness of cutting-edge functional
expertise to business success
Utilization of resources from each function
Importance of product development speed
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Organizational linkages
Reporting relationship
Financial arrangement
Physical layout.
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Other Images
Variants of the development
process
Market pull products
Technology push products
Platform products
Process-intensive products
Customized products
high-risk product
Quick build products
Complex systems
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Variants
Market-pull products
The firm finds a market opportunity and a technology to meet
customer's needs. Thermo care.
Technology-push products
The firm begins with a new technology and then finds a
market for it. Glue for post-it.
Platform products
Use of a proven technology platform to build a new product.
Instant film used in Polaroid cameras.
Process-intensive products
Develop product and process simultaneously.
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Variants
Customized products
Build a new product by varying existing configurations.
High-risk products
Intensive and early test and analysis
Quick-build products
Rapid modeling & prototyping at testing phase
Complex systems
Subsystems and integration worked by teams
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Traditional design methods
Aggregation
(include new functions)
Adaptation
(adapt to new conditions)
Application
(apply a proven technology to a new area)
analysis of properties
(thorough analysis of an existing design to improve)
Brainstorming
(find many solutions to a problem)
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Traditional design methods
systematic search of field
(obtain complete possible information)
Questioning
(apply a system of questions to produce mental simulation)
mental experiment
(observe an idealized mental model at work)
value analysis
Evaluation
(find best variant among a few by point-counting)
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Traditional design methods
invention
Iteration
(to solve a system with complicated
interactions)
experimentation
division of totality
math & computer modeling
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Chapter 2: Home work
Exercise (Analysis of Properties)
Focus on materials selection for an existing product
Steps:
1. Examine each component of a product (an incandescent bulb, stapler, can opener).
2. Break the product or decompose it, avoiding injury to eyes or hands and damage to
the other components.
3. Construct and complete a table consisting the following items on its columns.
a. list each component of the product
b. define the function of each component
c. identify the material used
d. reason why it was selected
e. select possible alternative.
4. List five failure mechanisms
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