Thank you. This was very helpful. Identify knowledge gaps and fill them in first. Even do "quick and dirty" prototypes as confirmation. Then do the detailed design. Knowledge then design, not design then knowledge. Keeping the trade off curves between two factors will definitely help in future design, rather than just documenting the single point for the current design. I just read the Michael N. Kennedy books ("Product Development for the Lean Enterprise" and "Ready, Set, Dominate") and this explains the concept in more detail. I have ordered his new book about the subject, so hopefully that will explain more. His first two books were "business fiction" which is a kind of scary concept in itself.
Thank you. This was very helpful. Identify knowledge gaps and fill them in first. Even do "quick and dirty" prototypes as confirmation. Then do the detailed design. Knowledge then design, not design then knowledge. Keeping the trade off curves between two factors will definitely help in future design, rather than just documenting the single point for the current design. I just read the Michael N. Kennedy books ("Product Development for the Lean Enterprise" and "Ready, Set, Dominate") and this explains the concept in more detail. I have ordered his new book about the subject, so hopefully that will explain more. His first two books were "business fiction" which is a kind of scary concept in itself.