Renaud and Andrew talk about how to develop hardware products specifically for software companies used to using an agile design approach (often SCRUM) for software products that now need to create a new hardware product to support their business (such as a device that runs on the software).
They share their thoughts on the book 'SCRUM for hardware design' by Prof. David G. Ullman, warnings about the limitations of the agile design approach where hardware is concerned that you'll need to be aware of and plan for, and 8 tips for software companies who're in this position to help you understand where other software companies often go wrong.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings & today's topic.
01:56 - What's the difference between traditional project management and the agile approach?
08:18 - Why is the agile design approach so popular with software companies?
11:07 - 13 points about hardware design is different from software design from the book 'SCRUM for hardware design' by Prof. David G. Ullman.
23:20 - 8 points that companies that are used to running agile design for software development tend to overlook when developing new hardware products.
23:39 - 1. Agile is good, but planning and documentation can't be skipped.
31:35 - 2. You need to freeze the product design (including freezing the firmware) at one point.
33:48 - 3. An engineering change management process must be taken seriously from a certain point.
35:46 - 4. You need supply chain visibility and to manage it yourself.
39:15 - 5. You will need a quality function.
42:21 - 6. BOM, drawings, schematics, etc. are all as important as software code.
47:55 - 7. Product reliability is important, especially if they have a "product as a service" business model.
52:46 - 8. Product compliance is an entire topic to take seriously.
54:37 - Summary and wrapping up.
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