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PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT
Development Process and
Organizations
iSSAGUILLEN
The Product Development Process
A process is a sequence of steps that transform a set of inputs into
a set of outputs. A product development process is the sequence
of steps or activities that an enterprise employs to conceive, desig
n and commercialize a product.

A development process is useful for the following reasons:


• Quality Assurance: A development process specifies the phases a
development project will pass through and the checkpoints along the way.
• Coordination: A clearly articulated development process acts as a master plan
that defines the roles of each of the players on the development team.
• Planning: A development process includes milestones corresponding to the
completion of each phase.
• Management: A development process is a benchmark for assessing the
performance of an ongoing development effort.
• Improvement: The careful documentation and ongoing review of an
organization’s development process and its results may help to identify
opportunities for improvement.
The six phases of the generic development
process are:
• 0. Planning: The planning activity is often referred to
as “phase zero” because it precedes the project
approval and launch of the actual product
development process.
• 1. Concept development: In the concept
development phase, the needs of the target market
are identified, alternative product concepts are genera
ted and evaluated, and one or more concepts are
selected for further development testing.
• 2. System-level design: The system-level design
phase includes the definition of the product
architecture, decomposition of the product into
subsystems and components, and preliminary
The six phases of the generic development
process are:
• 3. Detail design: The detail design phase includes the
complete specification of the geometry, materials, and
tolerances of all of the unique parts in the product an
d the identification of all of the standard parts to be
purchased from suppliers.
• 4. Testing and refinement: The testing and
refinement phase involves the construction and
evaluation of multiple preproduction versions of the
product.
• 5. Production ramp-up: In the production ramp-up
phase, the product is made using the intended
production system. The purpose of the ramp- up is to
train the workforce an to work out any remaining
problems in the production processes.
½ crosswise

Name at least 3 well known


products and explain what
were the developments they
have over the years.

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