Showing papers on "Product design specification published in 1982"

Product Management: Strategy and Organization

Abstract: An integrated approach to product management, incorporating managerial and analytical approaches. Describes each step in the product management process from a managerial point of view and presents formal decision aids to improve product performance. The totally rewritten new edition includes a new chapter on pre-test market estimates of the acceptance of potential new products and new material on strategy formulation and technological forecasting.

Justification of formal methods for system specification

Abstract: Recent developments in mathematics and computer science offer a sound, if unfamiliar, basis for the development of computer-controlled systems. The professional systems engineer should become as competent in these fields as he is (expected to be) in traditional mathematics and physics. The paper emphasises their application in the early phases of product development (requirements analysis and functional specification)-a prerequisite for their successful use in design and implementation. Some important aspects of 'embedded' computer systems, such as concurrency, have not been discussed because space does not allow an adequate introduction to their formal treatment

Rapid prototyping using executable requirements specifications

Abstract: This paper describes a software tool, called the Feature Simulator, that "executes" formally written requirements specifications for real-time systems and enables users to "interact" with the simulated product at the completion of the requirements specification phase of the software life-cycle. This tool thus produces an early and rapid prototype with which customers, designers, and managers can verify that the product meets their needs and expectations. Any deficiencies that they find can then be corrected by inexpensive changes to the product's requirements specification, rather than by more costly modifications to the final product.