HW Verview of the Product Development Process

T/F developing successful products is easy. Most companies are highly successful more than half the time

False

T/F The results of the design process don't have a great effect on product quality

False

A competency is a cluster of related knowledge, skills, and

Abilities

T/F The process followed to design and develop a product depends on type of product and its level of complexity

True

T/F The first phase of the product development process is Product Planning

False

A PDP is a sequence of steps or activities that a company uses to conceive, …, and commercialize a product

design

T/F In the development of a market-pull product the company begins with market opportunity and then invents entirely new tech to satisfy market need

False

The PDP starts after a product mission statement is launched and available to the market

True

Three aspects that a company takes into consideration when it identifies the products that it plans to develop and decides when the development of each one will take place

Mission, vision, available resources

T/F The product mission statement not only serves as a starting point for the product development effort but also prescribes how the product will be

False

Information included on a product mission statement

Brief product description, product benefit proposition, key business goals, primary and secondary markets for the product, any assumptions and constraints regarding the product, products stakeholders

To facilitate following the PDP in a structured fashion and to conveniently manage the product development project, the PDP is divided into major

Phases

Four different tools commonly used to support certain activities of the PDP

CAD, CAE, rapid prototyping, CAM

The five phases of the PDP for market-pull products of low to moderate complexity that are engineered, discrete, and physical

Concept development, system-level design, detail design, testing and refinement, production ramp-up

What does 3E stand for in Honda’s 3E robotic concept?

Empower, experience, empathy

In which phase of the PDP the product is divided into subsystems and components?

System-level design

In which phase of the PDP are customer needs identified?

Concept development

Four activities associated with establishing the architecture of a product

Creating a schematic of the product, clusterimg the elements of the schematic, creating a rough geometric layout, identifying fundamental and incidental interactions

The concept development phase of the PDP ends with the complete specifications of the geometry, materials, and the tolerances of all the unique parts in a product

False

Computer simulations are commonly used during the … of mechanical components

Detail design

Product verification is always against

Technical specifications

T/F Alpha and Beta prototypes are built during the testing and refinement phase of the PDP

True

Early (alpha) prototypes are always built with parts supplied by the intended production process but may not be assembled using the intended final assembly process

False

The first degree to which a prototype is physical as opposed to…

The second degree to which a prototype is…as opposed to focus

Analytical, comprehensive

Alpha and beta prototypes are

Comprehensive and physical prototypes

The term “design for x” refers to the use of formal method to optimize a specific aspect of a product. The x is replaced by the aspect of interest

True

4 parameters the affect product life cycle

Nature, purpose, use, prevailing circumstances