Section: 4 Building Problem Understanding – Product Design Best Practices

Product Design Best Practices

50 Industry-Inspired Best Practices for Quality Products

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Section: 4 Building Problem Understanding

Section: 1 Introduction to Product Design Best Practices

Section: 2 Design Process Fundamentals

Section: 3 Design Teams

Section: 4 Building Problem Understanding

Section: 5 Planning and Managing the Design Process

Section: 6 Alternative Generation.

Section: 7 Evaluate for Uncertainty

Section: 8 Evaluate for Performance

Section: 9 Evaluate for X

Section: 10 Post Design Considerations

Have a Good Appreciation for the Design Process.

Focus The Design Effort On The Entire Product Life Cycle.

Focus on Function During Product Development.

Consciously and Continuously Balance Product Cost, Development Time, and Quality.

Develop Mechanical, Electronic, Software and Manufacturing Systems Concurrently.

Use Design Tools to Support the Product and the Process.

Use Information Relationship Management Tools.

Develop and Leverage Societal and Technological Advances.

Treat Design as a Learning Process.

Value Documented Design Information.

Manage Information Uncertainty and Risk.

Make Rational and Transparent Design Decisions.

Use Product-Centered Design Teams.

Support Each Individual’s Roles, Expertise, Creativity, and Style.

Ensure the teams have a work environment that fosters success.

Maintain Good Team Health.

Ensure They Understand the Design Problem.

Keep the Stakeholders at the Forefront of the Project.

Work to Understand the Design Requirements.

Use Many Methods to Develop Design Requirements.

Dissect Products to Gain Product Understanding and Find Market Opportunities.

Develop Engineering Specifications That Measure the Design Requirements.

Use Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to Develop Problem Understanding.

Develop Test-Driven Design Tasks with Clear Deliverables.

Enable Teams to Make Realistic Task Estimates.

Manage Backlogs with a Planning Model.

Design the Task Plan for Each Project.

Make Design Reviews Part of Product Development.

Systematically Generate Alternative Options.

Develop and Explore Multiple Concepts in Parallel.

Design from Known Stable Interfaces.

Develop Function Models.

Refine Concepts into Simple, Viable Products.

Systematically Prune Alternatives.

Assess Each Technology’s Readiness.

Begin Risk Assessment During Conceptual Design.

Use the Factor of Safety and Margins as Design Variables.

Develop Tolerances Consistent with Needed Function, Fit, and Manufacturing Methods.

Have a Clear Performance Evaluation and Optimization Plan.

Optimize their products to Improve Performance.

Use Design of Experiments (DOE) to Support Product Development.

Develop Robust Products.

Design for Cost.

Design for Manufacture.

Design for Assembly.

Design for Reliability.

Design for Test and Maintainability.

Design for Sustainability.

Manage Product Change.

Value and Manage Their Intellectual Property.

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