Fact Sheets 1-15

Options for your decision

Supporting information (reports, market research, competitor analysis)

Know-how of cross-functional teams of experts

Established in early stages for definition of design goal and formulation of component requirements

In later stages for component and verification

To establish an agreement between stakeholders

Structured, complete list of requirements

Design goals or superior requirements

Typically within planning and concept development phase

Need to view the system through the user’s eyes

Need for requirements

Improved understanding of relevant needs and user’s perspective

implicit or explicit formulation of requirements

Vague idea of desired product

Use cases, characters, motives and known needs

Possibly team of experts

Concept development, System-Level Design and detail design phase

Need of approaches to achieve design goals

Detailed knowledge of competitors products (properties, functions, structure, manufacturing process, development process and costs)

List of additional requirements and useful suggestions for new developments or product improvements

Insight into the state-of-the-art

Products to be analyzed

List of relevant product attributes

Team of experts

Planning phase or concept development phase

Need of design goals for own product to direct product development

Need to translate desired position of your product (with respect to competition) into technical requirements

Need for improvement of own products

Products to compare: Competitors products from the same category OR predecessor product

Attributes for comparison OR team of experts to determine attributes

Desired position of own product, e.g. best in segment

Within planning phase

Need of decision support for or against a product

Need recommendation on steps to take (strategic or operational)

Information is incomplete, uncertain or ambiguous

List of properties of compared products

Actual position of own product relative to competitors products

Realistic design goals for own product expressed by requirements

Recommendations for decisions (what product to develop)

Recommendations for actions

Completeness of reasoning