EMAE 260 EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the product development process in stage gate format - ANSWER-Phase 0:
planning
Phase 1: concept design
Phase 2: system level design
Phase 3: detail design
Phase 4: testing and refinement
Phase 5 production Ramp up
What is phase 0 - ANSWER-PLANNING
Describe market opportunities
Consider existing product platform
Consider new technology
Identify production and or corporate constraints
Allocate project resources
What is phase 1 - ANSWER-Concept development: considers the different ways the
product and each subsystem can be designed
Identify customer needs
Research competitive landscape
Develop concepts
Determine feasibility of design concepts
Build and test prototypes
Estimate manufacturing costs
What are phase 2 and phase 3 - ANSWER-System level design and detail design
System level design: functions of the product are examined leading to the divisions
of the product into various subsystems
Detail design: the phase where the design is brought to the state of a complete
engineering description of a tested and producible product
Develop extended product family
Develop marketing plan
Describe all subsystems and components
Develop software and firmware
Create prototypes of each subsystem
Choose all parts and tolerances
Identify suppliers
Create assembly scheme
Define assembly process and obtain tooling
What is phase 4 - ANSWER-Testing and refinement: making and testing many
preproduction versions of the product
Develop plans for field testing
Create alpha and beta prototypes
Perform as and reliability testing
Iterate and refine design
, Refine assembly and fabrication schemes
Create quality assurance strategy
What is phase 5 - ANSWER-Production ramp up: when manufacturing operations
begins to make and assemble the product using intended and actual production
system
Get first run products to preferred customers
Start production
What are the factors the affect product success - ANSWER-Product price and cost
Profit = price-cost
What is a static product - ANSWER-The changes in their design take place over long
time periods through incremental changes occurring at the subsystem and
component levels (ie cars, dishwashers etc)
What is a dynamic product - ANSWER-Customers are willing to, and may even
demand change
(Ie. Wireless phones, software etc)
What are the stages of product life cycle - ANSWER-Introduction, growth, maturity,
decline
What are the stages of product development cycle - ANSWER-Premarket phase:
R&D and market study
Market phase: sales
What is the marketing plan - ANSWER-Identifying the target market--> product
strategy--> expressing product benefits
Define invention - ANSWER-The creative act whereby an idea is conceived,
articulated, and recorded
Define innovation - ANSWER-The process by which an invention of idea is brought
into a successful practice and is utilized by the economy
Define diffusion - ANSWER-The successive and widespread implementation and
adoption of successful innovations
What is need driven innovation - ANSWER-Where the development team seeks to
fill an identified gap in performance or product cost
What is radical innovation - ANSWER-Leads to widespread change and a whole new
technology, and arises from basic research
What does NABC stand for when making an argument - ANSWER-Need
Approach
Benefit
Competition
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the product development process in stage gate format - ANSWER-Phase 0:
planning
Phase 1: concept design
Phase 2: system level design
Phase 3: detail design
Phase 4: testing and refinement
Phase 5 production Ramp up
What is phase 0 - ANSWER-PLANNING
Describe market opportunities
Consider existing product platform
Consider new technology
Identify production and or corporate constraints
Allocate project resources
What is phase 1 - ANSWER-Concept development: considers the different ways the
product and each subsystem can be designed
Identify customer needs
Research competitive landscape
Develop concepts
Determine feasibility of design concepts
Build and test prototypes
Estimate manufacturing costs
What are phase 2 and phase 3 - ANSWER-System level design and detail design
System level design: functions of the product are examined leading to the divisions
of the product into various subsystems
Detail design: the phase where the design is brought to the state of a complete
engineering description of a tested and producible product
Develop extended product family
Develop marketing plan
Describe all subsystems and components
Develop software and firmware
Create prototypes of each subsystem
Choose all parts and tolerances
Identify suppliers
Create assembly scheme
Define assembly process and obtain tooling
What is phase 4 - ANSWER-Testing and refinement: making and testing many
preproduction versions of the product
Develop plans for field testing
Create alpha and beta prototypes
Perform as and reliability testing
Iterate and refine design
, Refine assembly and fabrication schemes
Create quality assurance strategy
What is phase 5 - ANSWER-Production ramp up: when manufacturing operations
begins to make and assemble the product using intended and actual production
system
Get first run products to preferred customers
Start production
What are the factors the affect product success - ANSWER-Product price and cost
Profit = price-cost
What is a static product - ANSWER-The changes in their design take place over long
time periods through incremental changes occurring at the subsystem and
component levels (ie cars, dishwashers etc)
What is a dynamic product - ANSWER-Customers are willing to, and may even
demand change
(Ie. Wireless phones, software etc)
What are the stages of product life cycle - ANSWER-Introduction, growth, maturity,
decline
What are the stages of product development cycle - ANSWER-Premarket phase:
R&D and market study
Market phase: sales
What is the marketing plan - ANSWER-Identifying the target market--> product
strategy--> expressing product benefits
Define invention - ANSWER-The creative act whereby an idea is conceived,
articulated, and recorded
Define innovation - ANSWER-The process by which an invention of idea is brought
into a successful practice and is utilized by the economy
Define diffusion - ANSWER-The successive and widespread implementation and
adoption of successful innovations
What is need driven innovation - ANSWER-Where the development team seeks to
fill an identified gap in performance or product cost
What is radical innovation - ANSWER-Leads to widespread change and a whole new
technology, and arises from basic research
What does NABC stand for when making an argument - ANSWER-Need
Approach
Benefit
Competition
