185Organizing Development Projects
• Service requirements/constraints
• “Product will be shipped in the following transport modes …”
• “Must be compatible with the following distribution and retailer
support systems …”
• “User’s manual and data sheets must be approved by the follow-
ing deadline …”
• Financial concerns: Should we build a high-speed production train
that is efcient for long runs at high output rates? Or, do we design
for a series of small, nimble lines that can switch from one product
to another very quickly? In the rst case, the unit production cost is
low, but there is a lot of capital tied up in the inventory because the
plant cannot make products to order.
• Protability concerns: Do we serve the entire market by offeri ...