This document outlines a presentation about product development cycles and prototyping. It discusses an overview of the full product development process from idea to shipment. It then focuses on the importance of rapid prototyping cycles with customer feedback to refine each iteration. The presentation emphasizes using new AI tools to quickly build initial prototypes and release frequent iterations to "get good before getting fast".

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Vision Product
A practical methodology for taking your ideas to market
Number of Slides: 15 | Duration: 25 mins
Nima Banai

2. What we will cover:
1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
2. Focus on the prototyping loop with exit criteria
3. Q&A
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3. What we will cover:
1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
2. Focus on the prototyping loop with exit criteria
3. Q&A
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4. “The talking about the thing isn’t the thing.
The doing of the thing is the thing.”
-Amy Poehler
1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
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5. 1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
Idea
Documentation MRD BRD PRD XRD ERD ERS Tickets
Shipment
OK2
Ship
OK2
Announce
Logistics RMA EOL
Sustain
Distribution
Production
EVT (1-n)
SW
HW DVT (1-n) PVT (1-n) RAMP
DEV S
MP
DEV C FC BC BD LD GMC GM
Prototyping
NFF
SW
HW P 0 P 1
LLFW
HVT
FFW MW BE FE IS IC OFB
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6. 1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
Idea
Documentation
MRD: Marketing Requirements Document
BRD: Business Requirements Document
PRD: Product Requirements Document
XRD: Cross-functional Requirements Document
ERD: Engineering Requirements Document
ERS: Engineering Requirements Spec
Tickets
Founder
Business Development
Product Management
Engineering
Engineering Manager
Marketing
Engineering
Tech Lead
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7. 1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
Prototyping
LLFW: Low Level Firmware
FFW: Feature Firmware
MW: Middleware
BE: Back End
FE: Front End
IS: Integration Start
IC: Integration Complete
OFB: Open For Business
NFF: Non Form Factor (Breadboard)
HW
P0: Prototype 0
P1: Prototype 1
HVT: Hardware Validation Testing
SW
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8. 1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
Production
DEV S: Development Start
DEV C: Development Commit
FC: Feature Complete
BC: Beta Candidate
BD: Beta Declare
LD: Lock Down
GMC: Golden Master Candidate
GM: Golden Master
MP: Mass Production
EVT: Engineering Validation Testing
DVT: Design Validation Testing
PVT: Process Validation Testing
Ramp: Production Ramp
HW
SW
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9. 1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
Shipment
OK2Ship
OK2Announce
Logistics
RMA: Return Merchandise Authorization
EOL: End Of Life
Distribution
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10. 1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
Idea
Documentation MRD BRD PRD XRD ERD ERS Tickets
Shipment
OK2
Ship
OK2
Announce
Logistics RMA EOL
Sustain
Distribution
Production
EVT (1-n)
SW
HW DVT (1-n) PVT (1-n) RAMP
DEV S
MP
DEV C FC BC BD LD GMC GM
Prototyping
NFF
SW
HW P 0 P 1
LLFW
HVT
FFW MW BE FE IS IC OFB
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11. NFF Proto HVT EVT DVT
PVT
RAMP MP Logistics Distribution
1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle Orro Home
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12. What we will cover:
1. Overview of an end-to-end product development cycle
2. Focus on the prototyping loop with exit criteria
3. Q&A
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Prototyping
NFF
SW
HW P 0 P 1
LLFW
HVT
FFW MW BE FE IS IC OFB

13. 2. Focus on the prototyping loop with exit criteria
Initial
Documentation
Design V.i
Build V.i
ith Customer
Evaluation
i = Number
of Cycle
Feedback Reflected in
Prototype i+1
Production Shipment
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Conduct this loop quickly:
Highest impact of new AI tools
SW:
● No-code websites and webapps
● App flow prototype
● Design-based prototype
● Instance based backend machine learning tools
HW:
● Quick-turn fabrication services for PCBAs based on natural language
● Rapid prototyping machine shops with 3D printing
● Production health insights such as yield by prompt

14. “Fast gets good before good gets fast”
-Des Traynor, Cofounder of Intercom
2. Focus on the prototyping loop with exit criteria
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Startup A
Works on prototype for months to make sure
it’s polished and good enough
Startup B
Prototypes key product requirements and
releases quick iterations

15. Great to be back in Cluj-Napoca after 8 years…!
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Techsylvania 2015
Nima Banai
📧 nima@banai.co
🌎 www.banai.co