This document discusses product development planning from Creative Engineering Design Lead. It provides an overview of product development processes and considerations, including common steps like empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing. It discusses breadboarding prototypes, design for manufacturing, costs, and planning projects. Project planning involves determining phases, tasks, costs, and timelines. Common phases include concept development, design, engineering, prototyping, refinement, manufacturing release, and support.

1. Product Development Planning by Creative
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12. Common
Denominator?

13. DESIGN
PROCESS

14. How would you start?

15. Empathize Define Ideate Prototype Test
Idea Design Build Refine

16. Every Product Is Different
There is no correct order of steps to developing a product.
Iteration is always required.
There are always exceptions.
Determine what is most efficient for your product.

26. Vision
Target Audience
Needs
Product
Business Goal

27. Specifications:
Driven by the Vision

29. Breadboard Prototype
● Not just for Electrical engineers.
● Quick and dirty prototypes
● Work with available or stock materials and throw something
together
● Quickly test an assumption, without investing in a refined design
and integration

30. Design for Manufacturing?
● Limitations and advantages to each manufacturing process
● Tooling is expensive, can’t be easily modified
● Efficient design leads to lower tooling, labor, and materials costs
● Design intent can be ruined if it requires changes for
manufacturability

31. Cost
Product Cost and Retail
● Wholesale Price ~ (Labor + Materials)*2
● Retail Price ~ (Wholesale Price)*2 or (Labor + Materials)*4
Tooling
● Largely variable - depends on size and manufacturing process
Manufacturing Location
● US is more expensive than overseas

32. Planning a Project
● What phases are required?
● What is the most efficient order for these phases?
● What individual tasks will we be doing in each phase?
● How much will this project cost?
● How long will this project take?

34. 1. Concept Development
2. Design
3. Engineering
4. Prototype
5. Refinement
6. Manufacturing Release
7. Manufacturing Support
Phase Summary:

35. Individual Phase

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