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Products: Practical Perspectives
Collected applied topics and case studies in products.
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- 01Choosing and governing R&D projects: buying information, weighing odds and judging decisions fairlyR&D spending buys answers to uncertain questions. How to frame projects, weigh value against probability and cost, stage spending, keep the portfolio balanced and judge decisions fairly.
- 02Images in technical documentation and manuals: choosing, creating and managing visuals people can followGood images make manuals and work instructions clear, safe and easy to translate. When to use photos, line art, exploded views, screenshots or diagrams, and how to keep them accurate.
- 03Notes on prototyping earlyWhy rough prototypes are often more useful than polished ones, how to decide what each prototype should learn, and how to keep early tests cheap, quick and honest.
- 04Quality starts before the specification: what a clean quality report cannot tell youA clean quality report proves you built what you described, not that the description was right. How to set quality through requirements, design reviews and evidence before delivery.
- 05Value engineering is not cost cutting: protecting function while improving whole-of-life valueValue engineering is often a polite word for cuts. How to define the functions a design must deliver, generate real alternatives and judge them on whole-of-life value rather than first cost.
- 06Where no standard exists, your specification becomes the benchmarkWhen no external standard covers a product or service, the figures in your datasheets, quotes and labels become the benchmark you are judged against. How to set and own them deliberately.
All chapters preserve the original KEVOS Insights content. These topic-based reading collections are organised alphabetically; chapters may be read in any order.
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