GMS 528 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Functional Decomposition
31 Mar 2015
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Product concept approximate description of technology, working principles, and form of product: concise description of how the product will o satisfy the customer needs. Expressed as a sketch or rough three dimensional model, brief textual description. Concept generation is relatively inexpensive and can be don relatively in comparison to rest of development process. Set of customer needs and target specifications o: results in set of product concepts. Common dysfunctions: consider only one or two alternatives o o o o. Developing general understanding and then breaking down the problem into sub problems: missions statements, customer needs, and preliminary product specifications are ideal inputs o. Pieces of information being refined as concept generation begins. Decompose design problems aware that decomposition may not be very useful for products with extreme simple functions. Problem represented in single black box o: divide black box into subfunctions more specific description. Useful techniques: create function diagram of existing product, create function diagram based on arbitrary concept o.
