Really well-structured PRD! I’ve mostly worked on B2B hardware products and followed a similar format. One thing that proved especially helpful for the engineering team was including more detailed user stories
Please consider also a completive analysis. Are there similar products already on the market? What are their strength and weaknesses? How should the new product outcompete the existing products? In which aspects is it enough to meet the same level in order to not overengineer.
Definitely important! as pointed in the article above all of that should be determined in the PRFAQ/business concept phase, i.e prior to actually writing a PRD.
Interesting to consider things from this angle. I've always been on the factory/manufacturing side of things for mass manufacturing, or doing a wide swath of jobs for my own limited run of products. More upfront thought certainly gets neglected when you're involved with making your own things (at least I seem to neglect that).
Manufacturing is so underrated and I think the more thought that goes upfront before cad is ready or tools are cut will only make production easier down the road
PS: I wish I had this before my first gig as a HW PM!!!
Really well-structured PRD! I’ve mostly worked on B2B hardware products and followed a similar format. One thing that proved especially helpful for the engineering team was including more detailed user stories
Please consider also a completive analysis. Are there similar products already on the market? What are their strength and weaknesses? How should the new product outcompete the existing products? In which aspects is it enough to meet the same level in order to not overengineer.
Definitely important! as pointed in the article above all of that should be determined in the PRFAQ/business concept phase, i.e prior to actually writing a PRD.
Here’s an article I wrote on how to do that: https://open.substack.com/pub/buildinghardware/p/step-1-of-product-making-guide-to?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Interesting to consider things from this angle. I've always been on the factory/manufacturing side of things for mass manufacturing, or doing a wide swath of jobs for my own limited run of products. More upfront thought certainly gets neglected when you're involved with making your own things (at least I seem to neglect that).
Manufacturing is so underrated and I think the more thought that goes upfront before cad is ready or tools are cut will only make production easier down the road