Feature/Cost Tradeoff © Feature/Cost Tradeoff © is a hands-on activity in which a customer selects features from a weighted menu of possible product features. The customer places these features in a product template that constrains the number of features that may be selected. Both quantitative and qualitative data about customer choices and underlying rationale are collected and used to inform design decisions. The customer assigns a value or importance to each product they make. Get Trained! Key benefits Engaging hands-on activity Prioritized list of features Feature sets that meet real customer needs A set of tradeoff priorities and strategies A commentary on the features that includes the rationale for each selection How it works Select a set of candidate features Weight them according to some critical dimension such as difficulty to implement, manufacturing cost, or time to implement Create one to three product templates Refresh the customers specific use context Have the customer build and discuss one or more products Classify and analyze the results To Our Approach Design Technologies Portland, OR Copyright © 2008 by Design Technologies