Design

Final specifications: All specifications completed. Comprehensively feasible product and process defined. All verification, validation and production plans defined. Action plans in place to meet corporate milestones of development cycle.

Deliverables/Requirements

1. Brand vision/marketing plans

   1. Series line-up and mix price walk finalized

   2. Public relations plan complete

2. Program definition

   1. Program vision document complete

   2. Top-down and detailed (bottom-up) business requirements and objectives reconciled

   3. End-of-life vehicle plan complete

3. Business planning and approvals

   1. Program funding approval complete

4. Program planning and resource management

   1. Product assurance plans complete

   2. Resource requirement assessment complete

5. Design and development

   1. Final packaging theme complete

   2. Comprehensive product and process feasibility

   3. Preliminary workstation designs and operation descriptions

   4. Preliminary gage, fixture, test equipment and mistake-proofing requirements and plans

   5. Preliminary control plans

6. Production preparation

   1. Preliminary systems/controls architecture defined

   2. Establish interface standards team

   3. Preliminary appropriate tooling plan

7. Sourcing and logistics

   1. Production purchase orders issued for top 20 percent of parts

   2. All source packages approved

8. Program and process assessment

   1. Program assessment (function, product cost, program cost, timing and process conformance)

   2. Lessons learned, documented and shared

Product and process design complete: 100 percent production feasible product and process design is complete. All verification, validation and production plans confirmed. This is the speed of execution point in the process.

Deliverables/Requirements

1. Brand vision/marketing plans

   1. Service readiness plan complete

   2. Glove box kit defined

   3. Marketing launch core team established

2. Program definition

   1. Trade-off analysis complete

3. Program planning and resource management

   1. Product assurance plan updated

   2. Resource requirement assessment complete

   3. Launch plan identified

4. Design and development

   1. Product design complete

   2. System and component design FMEAs and key characteristics complete

   3. Design for service efficiency complete

   4. Product and process design release complete

   5. Process design complete

   6. Process FMFAs and key characteristics complete

   7. Workstation designs and operation descriptions complete

   8. Gage, fixture, test equipment, mistake-proofing plans complete

   9. Control plans complete

   10. Feasibility of facilities and plans complete

5. Production preparation

   1. Process capability estimates complete

   2. Tooling and equipment specifications complete

   3. Preliminary diagnostics and service procedures

   4. Appropriate tool plan complete

   5. Facility plans complete

   6. System/controls architecture complete

6. Sourcing and logistics

   1. Material handling plan complete

   2. Production purchase orders issued

7. Build and test

   1. ED testing (engineering design), simulation and analysis complete

   2. All test plans complete

   3. build plan complete

   4. Quality measurement plan complete

8. Program and process assessment

   1. Program assessment (function, product cost, program cost timing and process conformance)

   2. Lessons learned, documented and shared