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Elements of a Sound Product Over the past twenty years or so we have seen technology evolve faster than ever. Innovation in consumer electronics has taken a front seat across the board. From automotive to home building, hospitality, healthcare, and even defense, it has impacted all industries and is changing the way we live.
Back in the day when I was in engineering school, I recall one of my professors gave us a project that entailed improving the usability of a car stereo.
A car stereo has gone through several iterations, from the simple two knobs and a few buttons to a jam-packed interface with buttons, knobs, and levers all over the place. More What has caused this recently with everything massive shift in such a going touch, that too has short period of time? Sure, joined the bandwagon. All one can attribute a lot of devices have advanced this to the electrical and so why is it that this device computer engineers who takes precedence in an have ensured Moore’s law engineering class? stayed relevant all these Let us keep in mind years but is that it? In my I was majoring in perspective, not only has industrial/human factors technology evolved but engineering and thus with-it humans and thus classes also delved into organizations too have facets of human behavior, progressed in their ways of psychology, and how we thinking and working which can bridge the gap in in turn has driven such making products intuitive. high growth. Given that context, a car stereo is a brilliant productto tackle. The driver’s main task is to drive the car, focus should be on the road, the pedestrians, cyclists, the lights, and
adhering to speed limits. All of this by itself is a chore, do you really want the driver to be fiddling with knobs, buttons and what not while keeping their eyes on the road? I think not. This was my introduction to what I call P = E + 2D. An enticing product (P) must take into account data (D), design (D), and engineering (E). I learnt how to build and conduct surveys, perform statistical analysis, build prototypes, and run pilots.
“An enticing product(P) must take into account data(D), design(D), and engineering(E), this is what I call P = E + 2D.” 60
