Product Design And Development

2.0 Literature review

In the literature review the author will outline the term product design and development. The author will describe three product development models and one method will be chosen to adapt to this project. The product research will be outlined and discussed.
2.1 Introduction

2.2 Introduction to product design and a Product designer’s role
Product design is about creating new products or developing on old products with new innovative technologies and materials. Product design is about enhancing the life of its customers and users. Design makes things better for, not just the users and customers but for businesses and the world.
Companies benefit greatly from product designers whether they manufacture physical products

A successful product in a for-profit enterprise results in products that are manufactured and sold for a profit. A business should develop the high-quality products that the market desires quickly, easily, economically and efficiently. There are five key attributes that relate to profit and are used to determine the performance and capabilities of a new product development. The five key attributes are discussed below.
 Product quality: Product quality means; to incorporate features that have the capacity to meet customer needs, gives customer satisfaction and free from deficiencies or defects. Does the product development satisfy the customer needs? How reliable is the product? How does the product compare to other products on the market? Are customers willing to pay for the product?
 Product cost: The cost to manufacture the product along with spending on capital equipment and tooling. Product costs determines how much profit the company will receive from a particular sales volume and particular sales

The following are characteristics that challenge a product development team:
 Trade-offs: This involves diminishing or losing one quality, quantity or property of a set or design in return for gains in other aspects. Recognising, managing and understanding such trade-offs in such a way as to maximise the success of a product is a challanging aspect of product development.
 Dynamics: New products are introduced, customer needs evolve and technologies improve. Decision making is a formidable task in an environment of constant change.
 Details: Detailed decisions on every aspect of designer no matter how small, have implications in the order of thousands of euros to the client. Developing any product may require such decisions.
 Time pressure: Problems would be easily managed if given enough time. |Decisions involving product development are usually made within a limited time frame.
 Economics: A large investment is required to develop, produce and market a new product. In order to produce a product that has a reasonable return on the initial investment, the product must be both appealing to the customer and relatively inexpensive to