• Examine
marketplace requirements and the client's
business model
• Generate "blue sky" concepts
• Identify key team members, both for EDID and
the client
• Create development budget, schedule and milestones
plan
• Initiate ID exploration
• Document concept(s), feasibility, costs and specifications
• Define resource management
Phase
2
Concept &
Design
• Develop
engineering and agency requirements
• Develop appearance model
• Qualify vendor list
• Create assembly documentation
• Test functional prototypes
Phase
3
Engineering
• Release
detailed CAD, BOM, CTF
• Review COGS with manufacturing network
• Complete engineering analysis and design verification
testing
• Initiate agency submissions
• Identify service needs and considerations
• Design and quality reviews
Phase
4
Production
• Support
production launch
• Evaluate
manufacturing variation requests
• Execute engineering and manufacturing change orders
• Benchmark
and refine production process