Lecture 3

PDS
Product Design Specification

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Basic reference for the design (Control
Document)
Represents what you are trying to achieve
Comprehensively written. Any changes
requires a good reason, consider its
implication
Prepared based on background research

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Contents of PDS
Poor PDS leads to poor design
Up to 32 elemens (Pugh, 1990)
Comprehensive sets of constraints
Information in the elements may overlap
Short, sharp definitive statements
Try to quantify parameters (estimate if in
doubt)
Always date the documents
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