Product Development Increasing in Complexity<\/strong><\/h2>\nOne of the biggest takeaways, especially for requirements enthusiasts like ourselves, was that even though more than 90% <\/em>of respondents reported that their products had increased in complexity over the last five years, a mere 15% relied on a dedicated requirements management platform.<\/p>\nDriving this increase in product complexity are many factors, including how development teams have been:<\/p>\n
\n- Integrating more electronic components, embedded software and microprocessors<\/li>\n
- Increasing the intricacy of mechanical designs<\/li>\n
- Using different materials<\/li>\n
- Reducing weight and shrinking size<\/li>\n
- Building connected products (IoT)<\/li>\n
- Incorporating AI or machine learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Given the rapid increase in product complexity, product design teams need a structured information system to handle requirements throughout each stage of product development.<\/p>\n
Without a dedicated solution, teams are stuck with ineffective requirements management, resulting in things like product outcome failures (83% of respondents) and reprimands by regulatory agencies (62% of respondents).<\/p>\n
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