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What product analysis is

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What are the three steps of product analysis and evaluation?

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What are the three steps of product analysis and evaluation?

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Examine how the product performs; determine its strengths and weaknesses; turn the weaknesses into opportunities for improvement.

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What separates analysis from description?

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An analysis ties every observation to a consequence, so it changes what you would design next. A description only says what the product is like.

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Why must a weakness carry a measurement?

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So the redesign can be shown to have improved it. "Tips at 4 kg placed 80 mm in" can be re-measured; "a bit unstable" cannot.

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How is a weakness turned into an opportunity?

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State it with a measurement, say what it costs the user, name the feature responsible, and write it as a testable requirement ready for a specification.

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