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Welcome to the wiki Methods of Product Development!

This wiki gives an overview of important methods of product development.

If you need an introduction to product development, models and its activities please refer to this introduction page.

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If you already know what specifically you are looking for, here are some other links:

• An alphabetic overview of all methods in this wiki: Category: Alpabetical collection of methods.

As the methods are sorted in the categories of activities according to the Product Development Process Model VDI 2221, here are links to the corresponding categories:

• The category for All activities.
• The category for Activity 1 - Clarifying and itemising the problem or task.
• The category for Activity 2 - Determining functions and their structures.
• The category for Activity 3 - Searching for solution principles and their solutions.
• The category for Activity 4 - Assessing and selecting the solution concept.
• The category for Activity 5 - Subdivision into modules - interface definitions.
• The category for Activity 6 - Designing the modules.
• The category for Activity 7 - Integrating the product as a whole.
• The category for Activity 8 - Elaborating the details of execution and use.
• The category for Activity 9 - Assurance of the fulfilment of the requirements.

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