I think that's any industry, I do support(ish) for a large ISP/Telco and
deal regularly with Product Development and he pretty much described our
process too.
-Adam
Dave Kennedy wrote:
Derby, You sure you're not in Telecom Product Development.?
Looks like a snapshot of our of our industry. .
dk
On 2/24/06, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm in medical device product development. Consumer gear has different
constraints, but I'll bet the frustrations are the same.
* Marketing changes their product requirements every 3-2 months
* Upper management moves the company in different strategic directions
once a year
* Regulatory hurdles get tighter each year. Europe and China are
currently putting in ROHS and WEEE requirements for recyclable and waste
material
* Software bugs are found requiring big iterations through marketing,
design and testing again
* Hardware bugs are found requiring big iterations through marketing,
design, refabrication, and testing again
* Engineers put off finishing their required documentation until right
at the end
* Suppliers fail to meet delivery schedules
* Finance puts on the brakes because the product doesn't meet the
initial cost of goods estimate
* Service guys get upset because they have been left out of the loop and
haven't been trained and there is no service strategy before product
release.
I love it, and wouldn't want to be in any other job.
D
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