Tip 4.12
- Project leader and partners consider feasibility of future scale up (mass production/ delivery) of product/ service, and estimate costs versus planned financing and target price points.
- Generate preliminary bill of materials and estimate peripheral costs.
- Assess required lead times for project components.
- Identify high-risk areas and bottlenecks in design, fabrication and testing, then create alternate paths.
Primary findings
Carriers
Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) techniques help the design team to study the causes and effects of product failures. FMEA specifies the various conditions the product will endure, and tests, how it reacts under those conditions, allowing designers to plan a product that will withstand a broader range.
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