Derby, You sure you're not in Telecom Product Development.? Looks like a snapshot of our of our industry. .
dk On 2/24/06, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in medical device product development. Consumer gear has different > constraints, but I'll bet the frustrations are the same. > * Marketing changes their product requirements every 3-2 months > * Upper management moves the company in different strategic directions > once a year > * Regulatory hurdles get tighter each year. Europe and China are > currently putting in ROHS and WEEE requirements for recyclable and waste > material > * Software bugs are found requiring big iterations through marketing, > design and testing again > * Hardware bugs are found requiring big iterations through marketing, > design, refabrication, and testing again > * Engineers put off finishing their required documentation until right > at the end > * Suppliers fail to meet delivery schedules > * Finance puts on the brakes because the product doesn't meet the > initial cost of goods estimate > * Service guys get upset because they have been left out of the loop and > haven't been trained and there is no service strategy before product > release. > > I love it, and wouldn't want to be in any other job. > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > >
