Product Familiy Business Analysis And Definition

abstract The creation and evolution of a product family is based on a business analysis. Such a business analyis is used for the definition of the family: Which products are members of the family, what distribution of features, which performance range?

This article is to be used in the "Family Engineering Handbook", a collective effort of Philips Research employees to consolidate their experiences in family engineering.

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History

2.1 June 8, 2010 Gerrit Muller

replaced lists and tables by figures

2.0 April 12, 2006 Gerrit Muller

updated figures
extended JoJo description

1.4 March 2, 2005 Gerrit Muller

minor spelling improvement

1.3 August 5, 2002 Gerrit Muller

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1.1 September 21, 2001 Gerrit Muller

abstract added

1.0 March 31, 2000 Gerrit Muller

added section: Roadmapping, Requirements Capturing, Scope Determination and Finalizing the Definition.
more consistent terminology in Figure 1, Product Family Reference Architecture
updated the "Yoyo" figure
added some examples

0 March 27, 2000 Gerrit Muller

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