HI All,
I have worked a little in a electronic design team in a previous job... and I want to communicate to my boss that there are a lot of steps required in building a successful product as well as design resources required and electrical approvals etc.
My boss has experience is electronic retail but limited experience in R&D , design and production of a product.
I have a few steps here... and I would appreciate any other factors you think I should communicate also.
** specifically for the electronic / hardware design part EG add 4 weeks for R&D samples and hardware tooling etc **-draw up a product concept spec - what is it likely to do
- get boss to sign off product concept spec
-from the product concept spec - draw up a full product spec
-get the boss to sign off product spec
-draw up a design specification - including topology of the design (major silicon cost and etc)
- Budget cost out the Design based on 1 or more topologies - Silicon cost - R&D design time and material cost - Hardware cost -licence fees, IP cost, approval fees - anticipated production cost - overall product cost per volume mfg. - Cost of development tools and test equipment required.
- boss signs off on budget costs or 1 or more topologies
- select one of the 1 topologies to start R&D development (1) (signed off by boss)
OK we can begin
-Begin R&D to work towards completing selected design
- Order in development tools and test equipment not immediately available for design
- Develop early R&D prototype board to prove concept and design topology
- Boss Signs off on R&D prototypes.... OR makes changes to product specifications go to (1)
- R&D Prototypes approved - begin production prototype design
- Complete production prototype design and Boss signs off on the production prototypes (compare against product specification)
- Sales and Marketing can be begin to draw up marketing plans
- Develop a test specification and test jigs for production
- Procure components and PCB for production
- Send test specification and test jigs to production area.
- production begins
- Sales and Marketing can begin to release Marketing plan
- Monitor production testing results and take random samples from production test production and design quality (feed back and improve design or production procedure where necessary)
- Production lot complete.... Take final random inspection to test against AQL (quality) sampling plan.
- Flog the product on the market.
- Monitor any returns or failures of the product and improve design / production.
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