This document discusses risk-based methods for innovative new product development. It emphasizes identifying and focusing on critical risks and areas of added value early in the development process. The document recommends (1) chopping the product and development process into smaller pieces to make risks more tangible, (2) using tools like visualization, simulation, testing and reviews to validate ideas quickly and cheaply, and (3) managing options throughout the process to maintain flexibility in the face of risks and uncertainties. The overall goal is to take a holistic, balanced approach that considers technical, schedule and cost risks to help innovations succeed.
6 Tips to Accelerate MedTech Time To Clinical DataAndy Rogers
Key Tech saved CoolTech, a startup MedTech company greater than $1 million in development costs and reduced the time required to get to clinical data by six months.
In our newest case study, we outline our expertise in driving speed to clinical data and reducing development costs and time substantially.
Obstacle Driven Development has the most comprehensive testing of any engineering process or method. Tests are created for each element of all stages of development.
This presentation explains some of the key concepts of Obstacle Driven Development where we achieve success through identifying, correcting and preventing failure.
Concepts of the stages to O.D.D. are explained with methods to link the stages through creating and solving tests. New concepts include a modified and extended problem domain.
Obstacle Driven Development has the most comprehensive testing of any engineering process or method. Tests are created for each element of all stages of development.
Requirements Analysis principles are conmbined with V-models and Test Driven Development to create a novel approach to engineering.
Safety critical principles such as Safety Integrity Levels are implemented to ensure development obstacles are identified and analysed.
QMS Effectiveness: Tracking and Trending Quality Data - OMTEC 2017April Bright
What measurements are useful, and which metrics’ baseline makes sense to show the effectiveness of your quality management system? This presentation takes an ISO 13485 and 21 CFR, Part 820 approach to deciding what measurements are important, how trending makes an impact on risk-based decision-making, and why management review is just one of the ways to discuss and document your Quality Data activities.
6 Tips to Accelerate MedTech Time To Clinical DataAndy Rogers
Key Tech saved CoolTech, a startup MedTech company greater than $1 million in development costs and reduced the time required to get to clinical data by six months.
In our newest case study, we outline our expertise in driving speed to clinical data and reducing development costs and time substantially.
Obstacle Driven Development has the most comprehensive testing of any engineering process or method. Tests are created for each element of all stages of development.
This presentation explains some of the key concepts of Obstacle Driven Development where we achieve success through identifying, correcting and preventing failure.
Concepts of the stages to O.D.D. are explained with methods to link the stages through creating and solving tests. New concepts include a modified and extended problem domain.
Obstacle Driven Development has the most comprehensive testing of any engineering process or method. Tests are created for each element of all stages of development.
Requirements Analysis principles are conmbined with V-models and Test Driven Development to create a novel approach to engineering.
Safety critical principles such as Safety Integrity Levels are implemented to ensure development obstacles are identified and analysed.
QMS Effectiveness: Tracking and Trending Quality Data - OMTEC 2017April Bright
What measurements are useful, and which metrics’ baseline makes sense to show the effectiveness of your quality management system? This presentation takes an ISO 13485 and 21 CFR, Part 820 approach to deciding what measurements are important, how trending makes an impact on risk-based decision-making, and why management review is just one of the ways to discuss and document your Quality Data activities.
Key to Successful Design to Manufacturing - Siddharth Desai, I-Flow Corporationmarcus evans Network
Siddharth Desai, I-Flow Corporation - Speaker at the marcus evans Medical Device Manufacturing Summit Spring 2012, held in Las Vegas, NV, delivered his presentation on Key to Successful Design to Manufacturing
Achieving Built-in-Quality: Actions and ImplementationApril Bright
Built-In-Quality is achieved through the use and implementation of lean manufacturing principles. Dr. Joseph M. Juran, a pioneer in modern quality management principles, created the Juran Trilogy. The Juran Trilogy focuses on long-term quality improvement through quality planning, quality control and continuous improvement. This presentation will focus on how effectively applying the Juran Trilogy can help an organization achieve the objective of Built-In-Quality.
What Is It? Product Development vs. Product Management April Bright
This session will focus on the respective roles and responsibilities of the Product Manager vs. the Development Engineer from a product’s inception through its lifecycle maintenance. Attendees will learn how to leverage the cross-functional product team to deliver results, business vs. technical aspects of product development, putting the customer first and navigating the organization in order to get things done.
Derk-Jan de Grood - 9 Causes of losing valuable testing time - EuroSTAR 2010TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2010 presentation on 9 Causes of losing valuable testing time by Derk-Jan de Grood. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Saksham Sarode - Building Effective test Data Management in Distributed Envir...TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2010 presentation on Building Effective test Data Management in Distributed Environment by Saksham Sarode. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Peter Zimmerer - Establishing Testing Knowledge and Experience Sharing at Sie...TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2008 presentation on Establishing Testing Knowledge and Experience Sharing at Siemens by Peter Zimmerer. See more at conferences.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Verhaert Innovation Day - Product roadshows in an early development stage: P...Jef Aernouts
Talk given at Verhaert Innovation Day 2013, 18th October 2013, in Kruibeke, Belgium.
Abstract:
Generally, clients want to see finished products that suit their application perfectly. However, the product developer is sometimes forced to perform road shows in an early development stage. In this presentation, the opportunities and drawbacks of product demonstrations in an early design stage are discussed, based upon our experience in the development of a high-tech and challenging device for the aviation industry.
Key to Successful Design to Manufacturing - Siddharth Desai, I-Flow Corporationmarcus evans Network
Siddharth Desai, I-Flow Corporation - Speaker at the marcus evans Medical Device Manufacturing Summit Spring 2012, held in Las Vegas, NV, delivered his presentation on Key to Successful Design to Manufacturing
Achieving Built-in-Quality: Actions and ImplementationApril Bright
Built-In-Quality is achieved through the use and implementation of lean manufacturing principles. Dr. Joseph M. Juran, a pioneer in modern quality management principles, created the Juran Trilogy. The Juran Trilogy focuses on long-term quality improvement through quality planning, quality control and continuous improvement. This presentation will focus on how effectively applying the Juran Trilogy can help an organization achieve the objective of Built-In-Quality.
What Is It? Product Development vs. Product Management April Bright
This session will focus on the respective roles and responsibilities of the Product Manager vs. the Development Engineer from a product’s inception through its lifecycle maintenance. Attendees will learn how to leverage the cross-functional product team to deliver results, business vs. technical aspects of product development, putting the customer first and navigating the organization in order to get things done.
Derk-Jan de Grood - 9 Causes of losing valuable testing time - EuroSTAR 2010TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2010 presentation on 9 Causes of losing valuable testing time by Derk-Jan de Grood. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Saksham Sarode - Building Effective test Data Management in Distributed Envir...TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2010 presentation on Building Effective test Data Management in Distributed Environment by Saksham Sarode. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Peter Zimmerer - Establishing Testing Knowledge and Experience Sharing at Sie...TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2008 presentation on Establishing Testing Knowledge and Experience Sharing at Siemens by Peter Zimmerer. See more at conferences.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Verhaert Innovation Day - Product roadshows in an early development stage: P...Jef Aernouts
Talk given at Verhaert Innovation Day 2013, 18th October 2013, in Kruibeke, Belgium.
Abstract:
Generally, clients want to see finished products that suit their application perfectly. However, the product developer is sometimes forced to perform road shows in an early development stage. In this presentation, the opportunities and drawbacks of product demonstrations in an early design stage are discussed, based upon our experience in the development of a high-tech and challenging device for the aviation industry.
The regulatory focus of facilities that manufacture therapeutic products for humans is centered on a product-process-facility attribute driven methodology where risk identification and mitigation are critical quality attributes. Under this methodology, the manufacturing process and the product requirements, not the building, become not only the main drivers for CD efforts, but must also provide a clear approach and understanding of how the building elements must be defined and operated in order to ensure patient safety in the manufacture of the product. This requires an enterprise approach to facility design focusing on:
Process-driven understanding around operational analysis
Regulatory philosophy
Business drivers
Management needs
Integrated hand-off to detailed design activities
Product Development Demystified: Launching Faster with Confidence through Hum...Aggregage
Kandice Durden is here to discuss how leading organizations build, validate, and embed customer feedback into their development cycles. It’s time to take the guesswork out of product development by putting your customers at the center of your decisions!
Software Testing Process, Testing Automation and Software Testing TrendsKMS Technology
This is the slide deck that KMS Technology's experts shared useful information about latest and greatest achievements of software testing field with lecturers of HCMC University of Industry.
Energy Markets are at an inflection point: a flat global economy, pressure to grow revenue and profit, tighter regulations, and increased competition have significantly changed the way assets are operated. Internal inefficiencies, including lack of operationally relevant insight, still prevent companies from optimizing asset performance. Operators are challenged by a limited visibility into their assets’ data and often lack enhanced capabilities to quantitatively/qualitatively analyze the historical data and demonstrate value-added solutions.
In this second in a series of joint webinars on Asset Performance Management, GE Digital and Stork share the way they respond to the above challenges when it comes to Asset Reliability Management. They present a large scale case study practiced with a client active in the oil & gas industry and explain additional available solutions to the same questions.
Mike Marshall, PE (mtmarshall.llc@gmail.com) is an Oil & Gas industry consultant who has recently developed an EAM loss prevention and asset optimization software product derived from various spreadsheet-based tools (consisting of business methods, practices, KPIs, scorecards, reports, data maps/views, etc.) which were central to the actual asset performance optimization/management and process safety improvement metrics and methodologies he implemented while working for both Marathon (23 years) and Chevron (10 years).
As a software tester, you may often face a situation in which your customer requires completing testing faster than you can handle given your effort and the amount of test. For example, in order to complete testing 2000 test cases for a build, you need at least 10 days to complete all testing. However, your customer needs to test and release the build within 5 days. You need to make a tough decision to handle this request. This presentation offers you one of the approaches that you can pursue. The presentation discusses an approach to prioritizing test cases using the principles of value-based software engineering. The approach is based on the principle that not every test case is equally importantly, e.g., not each of the 2000 test cases has the same value. A simple Excel tool will also be provided to allow you quickly prioritize test cases and select the ones that generate best value for your customer.
To explain the tremendous evolution in ICT the last decades, one typically refers to the Law of Moore. Today we’re facing with new languages and methodologies popping up like buzz words. Understanding the evolution of programming and cornerstone concepts will help you to position and value future programming languages and trends.
Although GPS developments started in 1967, it’s only in the early 70’s that NASA launched its first Earth Observation satellite. Contemporary technologies like satellite navigation and remote sensing are key in our daily life. Still, we ain’t seen nothing yet. Explore the potential of these technologies in your future products or services, and find a way to get things done.
Based on demonstrations and cases you’ll explore the future impact on new interface technologies like gesture, augmented and virtual reality. Douglas Engelbart developed the computer mouse in the ’60s. It was the first in a list of human interface technologies that revolutionized the way we interact with ICT. What’s the next big thing?
At the end of the ’60s, the first research programs started on humanoid robots. Although this technology inspired many of us, it’s only now that we see first applications arise. What’s the status of the robotics technology? How is it impacted by other technologies like AI, RF and energy storage? Let’s discuss the evolution and potential for your business based on recent projects and technologies available at our partners and alumni start-ups.
Let’s discuss the boundary conditions to innovate successfully based on some cases in Flanders and the Netherlands. Most governments are taking about half of their gross national product for their account. They can be better off by being open to innovation in the public purchase process and act as a launching customer for their industry and start-ups.
What’s the impact of public moonshot projects on innovation if they’re set up the right way? Armstrong saw his first footstep on the moon as one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. And he was right.
The human aspect in driving innovation is not to be underestimated. Driving innovation is done by implementing the necessary tools and structures. However driving desired behavior on individual and team level is at least equally important. Möbius will share insights in how to build an innovation and continuous improvement culture.
The key concept in any start-up? The freedom to experiment as basis for accelerated learning. Or like Pink Floyd sang in the 70’s: “We don’t need no education.” Is your FabLab ready for it?
How do you set up your venture and accelerate growth? Start-ups are in a fundamental different position than corporates. As a consequence they play a different ball game. What can the start-up culture learn from the ’60s?
What are the differences between popular innovation project management methodologies? Why does project management often fail? Learn how risk assessment should define your methodology in order to become a real innovation factory. The waterfall methodology has been promoted for years as the best practice for IR&D management. These days agile and scrum are increasingly popular as alternative. Hater or believer? Good or bad? Get guided through our body of knowledge as published in the Inspire Toolbox.
Project management in innovation can only be successful if it’s driven by a robust methodology integrating a clear quality assurance concept. What can trendy methodologies learn from the house of quality?
50 years ago, innovation centers like Xerox or Philips’ Natlab set the benchmark with their methodologies on organizing innovation. Today, innovation is influenced by rapid-moving triggers and companies have to organize accordingly. Discover current best practices on organizing your innovation ecosystem.
How do you reinvent a mature business with the right cocktail of user insights and technologies? The message is clear: choose for differentiation or servitization, or loose.
AI has an inevitable impact on your next generation products and services. Things evolved relatively slow since the first AI experiments in the ’60s. Today, AI is accelerating as no other technology has done before. How will the 4th wave of Artificial Intelligence transform your future business?
Discover the newest insights in understanding value drivers and their impact on new products and services. From technology improvement towards platform economy with the value pyramid. How to use new design skills and service design to create experience economy?
The adoption of innovative IoT technology in smart cities seems to go slower than the utopian predictions of the last decade. This might be because the traditional business-to-government model is no longer sufficient to bear the investment cost and get these systems operational. Multi-sided business models can offer
a possible solution, but require a different approach from governments as well as suppliers, as illustrated by recent Verhaert cases.
AI can be weaved together with space technologies to provide exciting new solutions to a wide array of industries. Get a glimpse of how space data can enhance businesses, and how ESA Space Solutions Belgium can offer you the tools and funding to develop your ideas.
New space in the Belgian and European start-up technology ecosystem. Presentation at the launch event of ESA Space Solutions Belgium on Wednesday the 7th of November in Brussels.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Mind map of terminologies used in context of Generative AI
Innovation day 2013 2.1 koenraad rombaut (verhaert) - risk based methods in npd
1. 2
CONFIDENTIAL
Risk based methods for an innovative
New Product Development Approach
CONFIDENTIAL
Koenraad Rombaut
Coordinator Applied Physics and Systems
koenraad.rombaut@verhaert.com
THEME 2: RISK MANAGEMENT IN INNOVATION
6. 7
CONFIDENTIAL
Product innovation process
Is it a selection process?
It is a risk mitigation and value creation process
Risk management is key throughout the whole process!
NPI New Products IntroductionNPD New Products
Development
PLC
FEI Front End of Innovation
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CONFIDENTIAL
Incremental innovation vs. Radical innovation
• The danger of incremental
innovation is to jeopardize your
existing Business.
• Radical innovation seems to be
highly risky but the risk is well
contained.
• Effort / effect relationship is
much more positive in radical
innovation.
• “Creative space” is much more
limited in incremental innovation.
Incremental
innovation
Known
Unknown85%
85%
15%
15%
Radical
innovation
Radical / Disruptive innovation
= no references available !
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CONFIDENTIAL
Criteria for added value / rule of the thumb
1) Feasibility 2) Utility 3) Desirability 4) Usability 5) Allowance
Differentiating capacity
The mission of NPD:
Creating value propositions
with added value
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CONFIDENTIAL
numberofuncertainties
cost of design
change uncontrolled
learning
progress in the development
envisaged
learning
curve
Early stage risk assessment: why?
Wait for the risk to come true ?
More freedom to adjust in early project phases
Early detection of risk allows for measures at
lower cost and with less schedule impact
Learn to fail fast !
Source : USA DoD
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CONFIDENTIAL
Risks /
Uncertainty
Management
Managing risk in development programs
Impact of
hazard
Impact of
mitigation
Risk = events that can jeopardize the
successful completion of the project
Risk = likelihood x negative impact
zero risk is not affordable in
terms of cost and schedule
Risk management :
The gain should
exceed the pain !
11. 12
CONFIDENTIAL
How to deal with risks in development
Development Tools &
Methods
Risk
treatment
Risk
Identification
• Eliminate the hazard
• Reduce the damage
• Inherently risk proof
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CONFIDENTIAL
Risk management scope
Holistic project view for risk management
• Technical : Performance / Value
• Schedule : Planning / Time
• Cost : Budget / Price
Combine product and process view on risk
Holistic (360°) product view for risk management
• Technical
• Economical
• Human factors (menskundig)
Buffer = risk relief valve
A buffer alone is not enough
Keep 3 axes in balance !
Perfor-
mance
Planning
Risk
manage
ment
Price
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CONFIDENTIAL
Risk based development approach
Solid development
approach
• Option management
• Focus on criticalities and added value
• Early learning
• Chop your problem & Phase your approach
• Make it tangible
Risk
assessment
• Identification (360 ° / product & process)
• Correct assessment
• Setting priorities right
• Tracking and control
• Documentation and Communication
Holistic
• Product & Process
• Technical
• Schedule
• Cost
• Human factors
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CONFIDENTIAL
Cut Tangible Risk focus
• Criticalities
• Added value
• 360°
Early
• Rapid
prototyping
• First time right
OptionsCut Tangible Risk focus
• Criticalities
• Added value
• 360°
Early
• Rapid
prototyping
• First time right
Options
Risk based development principles
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CONFIDENTIAL
How to step into the unknown ?
Product
• Chop product into pieces
physical & functional decomposition
• Assess risks, communicate them
• Identify critical items / focus on them
• Continuous verification
Make it tangible / measurable / Visualise
• Keep your design options open
(fallback solutions)
Process
• Chop development process into pieces
(stage gate process)
• Early verification & validation
• Guard your baseline
• Keep project options open
• Be aware of risks,
don’t be afraid of them
• Skilled multi-disciplinary team (expertise)
Small step
at a time
Protection
Controlled
environment
Experience &
Expertise
Small scale
Easy to
stop
Start
downhill
Critical
items first
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CONFIDENTIAL
Identify critical items
How ?
• New for the company / New for the world
• Risk assessment (FMEA/FTA)
• Feature map: key functionalities
• Product breakdown
• Added value creation
• Past experience (e.g. service statistics)
• Cost of failure
• Complexity
• Design driver
• Safety / Security
Make it tangible and real
One step at a time
Steering
Balance
Pedaling Downhill
Traffic
awareness
Controlled
environment
Support
wheels
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CONFIDENTIAL
Chop into pieces: product breakdown
Imaging
• Endoscope
• Camera
• Image acquisition
Image processing
• Algorithms
• SW
• HW
Calibration
• Test samples
• Reference
measurement
Scanning
• Motion stage
• Motion control
Handling
• Housing
• UI
Data processing
• Transfer
• Interpretation
Illumination
• Light source
• Light sheet optics
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CONFIDENTIAL
User Centered Design strategies
User centered design :
Less dependent of abilities of the user
more accomodating of disabilities
from unpacking until disposal
Matching environmental conditions
Positive & Negative use case scenario’s :
Intended use Intended misuse
Unintended use Unintended misuse
Typical technical /
engineering focus!
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Stage gate process with convergent /
divergent thinking
Use clear targets & success criteria (right question):
• What do you want to learn ?
• What criteria have to be fullfilled to go ahead ?
Having to redirect is no failure, don’t take risks to a next stage
try to reach the decision point with minimal effort (timing & budget)
Update your baseline at each gate
Gate Gate Gate
Create
Create
Create
Create
Verify
Go /
No-Go
Go /
No-Go
Go /
No-Go
Verify Verify
New-value
proposition
Recipe
for failure
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Morphological chart
6/06/2012 15:15
Spray Gap/Film Applicator Single Dose Bath Gum Coater Type Moloton/Paint Roller Wet Cloth Selective Application
Turn Plate Upside
Down
Mist Chamber Surface Tension
Chemical/Process
Layers
Overdose Bath Voltage on Plate
Spray Rotating Element Sponge Bend the Plate Plate Heating Bath Heating Circulation in Bath
Ultrasonic Bath
Agitation
Electrolysis Aerate Removal Fluid
Rinse Bath Sponge Squeegee
Ultrasonic Plate
Agitation
Circulation in Bath Rotating Element Evapouration/Drying Baking Aerate Removal Fluid Sticky Tape Gum Layer Air Blade
High Pressure Jet Keep Rollers Wet Re-use Developer Foil in Bath
Ultrasonic Bath
Agitation
Smooth Bath Heat Bath
Reduce CO2 Impact Remove Waste ASAP
Centrifuge Filter Filter Change Sludge Form
Squeegee Developed
Material to Separate
Tank
EM Nanoparticles in
Plate Material
Circulation in Bath
Ultrasonic Bath
Agitation
Spray Cone Absorbant Elements
AGFA - Sustainability
CHEMFREE-RP-0002-VE-A3_Morphological_Chart
Prevent Reduce
Sludge/Soiling
Remove or Clean
Sludge/Soiling
Removal of
Chemicals (and
developed
material)
Improve
Developing
Application of
Chemicals
Localise
Sludge/Soiling
Solutions
Functions
Group BGroup A
Keep high potential group
with backup solutions
instead of only “the best”
brainstorms /
patent screening /
desk research /
TRIZ
root cause analysis /
functional decomposition /
touch point analysis
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Requirements vs. design options
Adjust requirements (vs. value)
• Functional :
what should it do?
• Performance:
how good should it perform?
Adjust architecture / design
• Functional: backup options
• Physical: physical breakdown
• System: all building blocks, incl.
enabling products & processes
Compliance matrix
• What building
block fulfills
which function
• How is each
performance
going to be
verified
Include risk assessment (P³)
when selecting options
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It’ s not a Santa Claus list
• Aim high to land in the middle does not work in product development!
Why?
• Remember we search for added value,
being a balanced concept
• There’ s nothing like a firm specification
• It’s about a balanced set of specifications
• Agile process
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Review of design
Boundary conditions
• design description
• experience
• 360 ° review team
• quick design
Points of attention:
• major risks
• criticalities
• interfaces (sw, elec, mech)
• design changes
• added value
Bottom up vs. top down:
axicon
VCSEL
laser diode
borehole
first lens set of
classic borescope
half ball lens
glass tube
aperture
light
sheet
camera image
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Why simulation : early validation
Benefits
(wrt. the V-shaped approach):
• More and faster iterations
• Parallel development of hw & sw
• Multiple off-nominal
and error testing,
incl. fault injection
(non feasible tests)
• Early full system validation
and risk mitigation without hw
• Less real-life testing
(= the poor man’s approach)
• More optimal system design
by sw-physics co-simulation
• Improved communication & definition,
leading to better design specs
Resulting in time & cost reduction
Traditional:
• sequential developments = lengthy
• validation on hw = late
Model based:
• Parallel developments = fast
• validation on model = early
Device
Requirements
System
Design
Subsystem
requirements
Detailled
Design
Functional
Test
Component
Test
Device
Validation
System
Verfication
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Risk is a fact of life
accept risk, but don’t invite Murphy
1. Connect risk to added value (user centered)
2. Framework without design strategies is waste of time
3. Think forward generate options
4. Cut into pieces
5. Identify criticalities and focus on them
6. Make it tangible
7. Tools = subjective
only a basis for discussion
and an aid to make decisions
8. Keep performance, budget & schedule
in balance
9. Fail fast, fail cheap
10.No rocket science needed
Wrap –up
How to start ?
Start small
Get some help / training
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Cut
• Development
phases
• Functional
subsystems
Tangible
• Visualize
• Simulate
• Test
• Review
• Roadshow
Risk focus
• Criticalities
• Added value
• 360°
Early
• Rapid
prototyping
• First time right
Options
• Backup
• Buffer
• Requirements
vs. design
Risk based development methodology
Visualize
• Schematics
• Quick design
• Use case
scenario
Test
• First time right
• Proof
• Rapid proto
• Benchmark
• Prototype
Simulate
• Sanity check
• FEM
• 1D node model
• Co-simulation
Review
• Expert review
• Similarity of
design
• Analysis
• Desk research
Roadshow
• Demonstrator
• Feedback
• Rapid proto
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