Eliminate the Weak: How Probing for Weaknesses Leads to Better Design Decisions in SBCE
Key Takeaways:
- We get the best results from convergence processes like SBCE when we eliminate weak alternatives instead of selecting winners.
- Convergence tests that probe for weaknesses are more likely to find problems that could cause design loopbacks later in development.
- Decision tables can help a team eliminate alternatives that are clearly not worth any investment - but they cannot substitute for a convergent decision-making process.
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LPDRC
Created:
February 24th, 2011
Updated:
February 24th, 2011
How to Build a Trade-Off Curve
Key Takeaways:
- Trade-off curves organize product design data into reusable knowledge.
- Data for trade-off curves can come from mathematical analysis, product design data, simulations and physical experiments.
- Trade-off curves must be understandable, believable and actionable to be reused.
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LPDRC
Created:
July 7th, 2010
Updated:
July 7th, 2010