Development Process

Development Process

1. 1. Identify Customer Needs

   • a) Who is is/are your customers?
     • b) What are the customer needs?
       • c) Translate needs into measurable data.

2. 2. Concept Definition

   • What are the different we can meet the customer requirements
     • What is the best design concept with which we can move forward with?

3. 3. Planning and Specification

   • What are the performance/design specifications?
     • Function Decomposition
     • What are the design criteria (inputs) that achieve the customer requirements (outputs)? Y=f(x)

4. 4. Development

   • What are the detailed design criteria – values and tolerances?
     • How does manufacturing capability f actor into design performance?
       • How can you improve

5. 5.Validation

   • How well do prototypes meet customer requirements?
     • Does our design work over the range of expected conditions?

6. 6.Delivery and Support

   • How do you ensure consistency AFTER delivery?
     • What needs to be monitored and how often?
       • What happens when parts/pro cesses/materials do not meet specs