Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse design objectives
- Applicable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to assessing product feasibility of designs are identified and followed
- Designpurpose is assessed and the potential market for the product investigated
- Intended production materials and production processes are analysed as the basis for development
- Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements
- Set the design assessment criteria
- Criteria for the assessment of production material options are established
- Criteria for the assessment of product functionality are established
- Criteria for the assessment of production process options are established and impact of these on overall business operations assessed
- Criteria for the assessment of safety and potential liability issues are established
- Criteria for assessment of costs and marketability are established
- Apply the assessment criteria
- Resources including human, material, equipment and systems are allocated to particular design grading criteria processes
- Products which are competitors or potential competitors in the market place are selected for comparative purposes
- Design is scored and graded against agreed criteria and results recorded
- Competition products are scored and graded against agreed criteria and results recorded
- Assessment results are completed in line with the agreed process
- Establish feasibility and options
- Assessment results of the design and competition products are analysed
- Designs which fail to satisfy assessment and provide no optional potential are rejected
- Designs which fail to satisfy assessment and have optional or alternative potential are referred to appropriatepersonnel
- Designs which satisfy potential are conditionally endorsed and conditions recorded and passed to the appropriate personnel
- Formal recordsandreports are completed and processed in line with organisational procedures