The argument for starting a product: the market, the customer need, expected revenue and cost, and the investment it needs.
Agreement or business case Work product in the SoC and full-chip lifecycle, the Analog and mixed-signal lifecycle, the Chiplet and advanced packaging lifecycle, the FPGA-based product development lifecycle, the Automotive and safety-critical lifecycle, the AI accelerator lifecycle, the Space and radiation-hardened parts lifecycle, the Silicon photonics and optical interconnect lifecycle, the Power and compound semiconductor lifecycle, the RF and mmWave product lifecycle, the Semiconductor equipment lifecycle, the Medical electronics and medical device chips lifecycle, the Avionics and airborne electronics lifecycle, the Industrial and energy electronics lifecycle, the FPGA chip development lifecycle, the Structured ASIC lifecycle and the Product lifecycle
It sets out why the company should invest in the product and on what assumptions, so leadership can approve, reshape or stop it early. Programmes started on enthusiasm leave assumptions about market size and cost unchallenged and give later changes no baseline.
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