Making it Easier: Requirements

Our process makes it easier for innovators to take their concepts to market. One factor is how we work with clients to develop clear "requirements" in the beginning of every project. It's one of the keys to our clients' success.

In our experience, unclear design requirements are the most frequent source of misdirection in a project. When time-to-market is critical, a detour in the project development path can significantly threaten the life of a product.

This is why at PADT Medical we make requirements a requirement. No joke! The good news for our clients is that we guide them through it, so rather than an onerous process, it's one they recognize as value-adding and on the path to success.

There is a reason why ISO, MIL Specs, textbooks, and other professional publications insist on starting with defining and documenting design requirements. When this "best practice" is skipped the cost to the program is realized in the end.

There are numerous books and sources available to describe the process of collecting customer requirements. A book we refer to is "Product Design & Development" by Ulrich and Eppinger. The FDA Quality System Manual also offers some good insights into some of the questions that should be asked when collecting requirements. We highly recommend becoming familiar with the Requirement Engineering in order to successfully develop new products.

Don't worry: we'll take you through the requirements process and whatever it takes to succeed!