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Prototype to product : a practical guide for getting to market / Alan Cohen ; editors, Mike Loukides and Meghan Blanchette ; proofreader, James Fraleigh ; interior designer, David Futato ; cover designer, Karen Montgomery ; illustrator, Rebecca Demarest and Melanie Yarbrough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Product design.
- New products.
- New business enterprises.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (437 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Practical guide for getting to market.
- Place of Publication:
- Beijing, [China] : O'Reilly, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Product development is the magic that turns circuitry, software, and materials into a product, but moving efficiently from concept to manufactured product is a complex process with many potential pitfalls. This practical guide pulls back the curtain to reveal what happens—or should happen—when you take a product from prototype to production. For makers looking to go pro or product development team members keen to understand the process, author Alan Cohen tracks the development of an intelligent electronic device to explain the strategies and tactics necessary to transform an abstract idea into a successful product that people want to use.
- Contents:
- ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Why I Wrote This Book""; ""Who Should Read This Book?""; ""Who Might Be Disappointed by This Book?""; ""What's Covered? What's Not?""; ""How This Book Is Organized""; ""A Word on Nomenclature""; ""A Word on Jargon""; ""Keeping in Touch""; ""Safari® Books Online""; ""How to Contact Us""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. The 11 Deadly Sins of Product Development""; ""The Fundamental Principle of Product Development""; ""The Vice of Laziness""; ""Deadly Sin #1: Putting Off "Serious" Testing Until the End of Development""
- ""The Vice of Assumption""""Deadly Sin #2: Assuming That We Know What Users Want in a Product""; ""Deadly Sin #3: Assuming That Users Know What They Want in a Product""; ""The Vice of Fuzziness""; ""Deadly Sin #4: Lack of Comprehensive Requirements""; ""Deadly Sin #5: Lack of a Good Project Plan""; ""Deadly Sin #6: Not Assigning Responsibility""; ""The Vice of Cluelessness""; ""Deadly Sin #7: Not Addressing Regulations""; ""The Vice of Perfectionism""; ""Deadly Sin #8: The Sin of New-Feature-Itis""; ""Deadly Sin #9: Not Knowing When to Quit Polishing""; ""The Vice of Hubris""
- ""Deadly Sin #10: Not Planning to Fail""""The Vice of Ego""; ""Deadly Sin #11: Developing Technology Rather Than Developing Products""; ""Final Thoughts""; ""Resources""; ""Chapter 2. Development Process Overview""; ""Don't Panic!""; ""Product Development Life Cycle Overview""; ""A Great Idea""; ""Preliminary Planning: Does This Make Sense?""; ""Ballparking""; ""Setting Stakeholder Ground Rules""; ""First Reality Check""; ""Detailed Product Definition, a.k.a. Surprise Management""; ""Product Design""; ""Technical Risk Reduction""; ""Second Reality Check: Go or No Go?""
- ""Detailed Development""""Prototyping""; ""Testing""; ""Purchasing""; ""Manufacturing""; ""Factory New Product Introduction""; ""Pilot Production""; ""Ongoing Production""; ""Final Thoughts""; ""Resources""; ""Chapter 3. How Electronic Products Are Manufactured""; ""Manufacturing Overview""; ""Supply Chain""; ""Building Circuits: PCB Assembly""; ""PCB Assembly: Solder Paste Application""; ""PCB Assembly: Placing Components""; ""PCB Assembly: Reflow""; ""PCB Assembly: Optical Inspection""; ""PCB Assembly: Hand Soldering and Assembly""; ""PCB Assembly: Cleaning""; ""PCB Assembly: Depaneling""
- ""Test""""In-Circuit Test (ICT)""; ""Functional Test""; ""Burn-in testing""; ""Final Assembly""; ""Final Functional Test""; ""Packaging""; ""More, and Less""; ""How Many?""; ""Higher-Volume Production""; ""Lower-Volume Production""; ""The People Stuff: Factory Culture""; ""Final Thoughts""; ""Resources""; ""Factory Automation""; ""Factoryless (e.g., DIY) Manufacturing""; ""Chapter 4. Preliminary Planning: Can This Be a Success?""; ""Introducing MicroPed""; ""Why Does the World Need MicroPed?""; ""Marketing Requirements""; ""Target Markets""; ""Can It Make Money?""
- ""A Quick Look at the Money Stuff""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 22, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781449362263
- 1449362265
- 9781449362959
- 1449362958
- 9781449362287
- 1449362281
- OCLC:
- 919204802
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