An engineering assessment of options to extend or improve an existing product: derivatives with new features or packages, die shrinks, test time reduction, yield improvement and cost reduction redesigns.
Analysis Work product in the Product lifecycle
It gives the lifecycle review an engineering view of how the product could be renewed or made cheaper, using what has been learned in the field. Lifecycle decisions that consider only the market view miss viable cost reductions and carry field weaknesses into derivatives.
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