Many engineering organizations face major challenges when designing and delivering new products that are dynamic in nature. One of the most significant is the discovery of key, often basic, design issues very late in the development cycle that introduce unbudgeted costs and delays into the project. These delays often cause projects to overrun significantly, especially when design issues are discovered during the prototyping or integration stages, and there’s real hardware involved. Even worse is when the problems are discovered after a system has been commissioned and installed. Such unforeseen weakness can result in expensive on-site service calls, loss of production, and unhappy customers, leading to extremely expensive projects that hurt the company’s bottom line...
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