 An engineered testing strategy: part I: enhanced balance between analytic and hardwareFaysal Khalaf International Journal of Product Development, 2006, vol. 3, issue 3/4, 404-418 Abstract: An important phase of any product development process is design optimisation and validation. This phase ensures through a predetermined testing strategy that the product failure modes are studied and addressed. The analytical and hardware type of testing present the engineering community with a selection. However, inherent deficiencies exist in each one. Hardware tests are long, expensive and have moderate-to-good correlation to field. Analytical modelling and simulation are quicker at the component level but moderately correlated and time-consuming at the system level. The challenge of executing appropriate testing necessitates the need for a balanced and engineered testing strategy to support product development process timing. This paper illustrates the need for a testing strategy through an example and provides the mechanics on how to deliver a balanced strategy to improve either analytical or hardware testing for better and more correlated tests. A business case for this need is also presented. Keywords: axiomatic design; design verification; failure mode; computer aided engineering; CAE; failure mode and effects analysis; FMEA; key life testing; KLT; product development; testing strategies; design for six sigma; DFSS. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpdev:v:3:y:2006:i:3/4:p:404-418 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Product Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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