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• Platform products
– Consumer electronics, computers, printers…
• Process-intensive products
– Snack foods, breakfast cereals, chemicals,
semiconductors…
• Customized products
– Motors, switchers, batteries, containers
• High-risk products
– Pharmaceuticals
• Quick-build products
– Software, cellular phones
• Complex system
– Airplanes, jet engines, automobiles
Product development process flows
• Product development process generally
follows a structured flow of activity and
information flow
Product development process flows (p. 22)
Product development organisations