Nima Banai, Engineer | Entrepreneur | Minimalist on Techsylvania 2023 stage

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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