Product
Design Process

Overview

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 20201119

As the saying goes, we stand on the shoulders of giants. It is overwhelming if we look down because as a society we are literrally reaching for the stars. So let's go into this humbled by the magnitude of the path that has been created up to now. And intrigued by the future of what we can build if we just focus on putting one brick at a time. We don't have to worry about building the whole pyramid in one day. We just have to acquire the skills so we can put the next brick the best we can. That said we should in the process do three things: 1) acknowledge our past, 2) appreciate how our past has shaped our present, and 3) respect the fact that physics and science allows us to move forward. This pyramid is inspired by my stories with Prof. Sam Bowring. Where I first saw geological ternary plots studying radiogenic isotope geology. And in entrepreneurship the three P's: Product, People, and Process. (I have a very long chapter dedicated to the three P in the entrepreneurship book I'm writing based on my experience starting Raptors Design.)

There are many methods and processes to design a product. Diversity is beautiful. The following is just the method that I have put together based on integrating all of my personal experiences. This method materialized in an attempt to explain in a video to college level students how I design/evaluate a product from brainstorming towards commercialization.


Foundation

Project Development Structure

Project development plan that shows the process from identifying opportunity to the final development until the product is in the hans of the customer.

Deterministic Design Process

Deterministic design process illustration from the functional requirmements to tdesign requirements, analysis, Risks, References, and Countermeasures.

Product Development Process


Function (Functional Requirements)


GOAL
    Establish Design Parameters
ACTION: Preliminary Questions
    Quantity
    Costs
    Resources
PLAN: Function
    Engineering Req.
    Life of Product
    Business

Intro: Function


Creativity (Magic Happens Here)


GOAL
    Rapid Evaluation & Convergence
    Hollistic Phase Evolution
ACTION: Self Reflection
    Who am I?
    Why am I doing this?
    Why is this important?
PLAN: Creativity
    Optimize Design Parameters
    Create Strategies
    Enable Phase Evolution

Intro: Creativity


Fundamentals (Fundamentals of Machine Design & More...)


GOAL
    Appropriate Analysis
    Plan for Success
ACTION: Focus Most Critical 1st
    Energy Methods
    Order of Magnitude
    Structural loops, etc.
PLAN: Fundamentals
    Deterministic Design Process
    Big Picture Integration
    Patents, Papers, etc.

Video


Anticipation (Risks & Countermeasures)


Summary

Video


Realization


Summary

Video


Prototype Phases


Bench Level (Feasibility)


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Sizing Prototype


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Functional Units


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Production @ Scale


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Path for Success


Creating Unicorns: Self Reflection & Vision Forward


I love the hardcore engineering: Diving into the details of structures, math, heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid analysis, etc. optimizing a complex machine with hardware, software, market etc is a beautiful puzzle. Yet the biggest "challenge" that I have seen and read about extensively as well is: culture & group dynamics. This first video is going to sound like "Fluffy" + "Flowers" + "Fairy Dust." Thus humbly, I would like for us to consider that those three characteristics are also attributes to "unicorns." As my investment friends will clearly point out, and also in Shark Tank (AWESOME Show!) the team, vision, and the dynamics are what make successful companies.

GOAL
    People "ISO 9001"
ACTION: Self-Reflection
    Path to Success
    Integrate Lessons
    Establish Vision
PLAN: Evolve
    Create Value Structure
    Grow Organization
    Invest Most Valuable Assest: "People"

Intro: Function


Assemble Shackelton Team


How to assemble the Ernest Shackelton Team?

DARE2MAKE CHALLENGE

Find Your Passion

Invest in Education & Growth

Make Something Amazing


Schedule

  • Overview Meche PE
  • Product Dev. Process
  • Explore → Hands On
  • I - Principles
  • Foundation
  • → A - Basic Engineering Practices
  • → B - Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • → C - Material Properties
  • → D - Strength of Materials
  • → E - Vibration
  • II - Applications
  • → A - Mechanical Components
  • → B - Joints and Fasteners
  • → C - Supportive Knowledge
  • III - Holistic Knowledge
  • → A - Heat Transfer
  • → B - Fluid Dynamics
  • → C - Controls
  • → D - Thermodynamics
  • → E - Electronics
  • IIII - Precision Machine
  • → A - Error Apportionment
  • → B - Metrology