Engineering Design

How many process in the engineering design process?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

PDP stands for?

• Process Development Problem

• Process Development Project

• Project Development Process

Definition of CUSTOMER according to Webster definition.

• "Anyone who receives or uses what an individual or organization provides”

• "One that purchases a product or service”

• "Assumptions are the termites of relationships."

• "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

What is the meaning of customers’ requirements?

• Customers needed specific information.

• Customers are always right.

• Is particular characteristics and specifications of a good or service as determined by a customer.

• Customer required perfect quality.

How many Garvin’s Dimensions that have?

• 5

• 3

• 7

• 8

What is not under customer requirement?

• Reliability.

• Serviceability.

• Time.

• Features.

Why we need to gather information of existing product in engineering design before creating new product?

• To copy exactly the product

• To make a competitive product

• To learn, do a research, in order to create a product that improve the existing products.

What are the steps to gather information on existing product?

• Product dissection (dismantle the product), Product & technical literature and Physics of the products or systems.

• To hire a spy to work in competitors company and steal their design and data.

• Hire the engineer that has created the existing product.

Engineers must understand the difference between requirements and constraints. Let’s say a team of engineers is asked to design a pair of kids’ tennis shoes for less than $20. They determine that the only way to manufacture shoes for this price is to use recycled materials. What is the team’s constraint?

• The shoes must be designed for kids

• The shoes must be made out of recycled materials

• The shoes must cost less than $20 to manufacture

A product specification document helps in _____ of a conceptualized product.

• Defining expected features and requirements

• Defining expected market share

• Defining expected users

• Defining expected competition