Time and cost based product development process.

摘要

The primary intent of any product design is to meet or exceed customer expectations by following a prescribed product development process (PDP). The process is composed of key milestones and deliverables in each phase of product development and into product launches. PDP can incur an inherent lack of robustness during its design and application in their capability to deliver product on time. This research approaches development process time deliverables from a probabilistic perspective. This shift away from assuming a deterministic behavior of process deliverables uncovers all potential sources that could affect lack of robustness in designing and deploying PDP. A mathematical relationship is presented. Potential causes of lack of robustness are identified and potential solutions are suggested.