Axiomatic design

6 important questions on Axiomatic design

How To Find Risks in the Product Design


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Further Referred to as the “Billy Method”

Which questions do you have according the billy method?

- CA: What the customer is looking for
- FR: What should the system does
- DP: What the system looks like
- PV: How it's made

Frequent Errors when Defining FRs


  • Mixing FRs with design parameters (DPs)
  • Mixing FRs with other types of requirements
  • Mixing the FRs of the various stakeholders and of the artifact


  • Mixing the FRs of the artifact and of related systems
  • Defining negative FRs
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Goals of project management





  • ■Finish on time
  • ■Finish under budget
  • ■Meet the requirements
  • ■Keep customers happy
  • ■Keep team members happy

Product process modeling

Proof of concept -> Hierarchical -> target met (yes/No) -> improve system or design freeze

How to deal with risks?





  • ■Just take risks and accept outcome
  • ■Transfer to external party
  • ■Avoid risks (reduce chance of happening)
  • ■Mitigate (making risks less severe)
  • ■Chart risks (gain understanding)
    Address Risks Before They Become Unmanageable

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