What is the primary purpose of a concept-evaluation stage in the product design process?
Question 2
Which tool is best suited for comparing alternative concepts across multiple qualitative and quantitative criteria?
Question 3
A team uses three criteria with weights $w_1=0.5$, $w_2=0.3$, $w_3=0.2$ and a concept scores $s_1=8$, $s_2=6$, $s_3=7$ (scores out of 10). Using the weighted scoring approach, what is the overall score? (Show the formula.)
Question 4
Which sustainability assessment method explicitly evaluates environmental impacts across a product's whole life cycle (from raw material to end-of-life)?
Question 5
Which set of considerations should a feasibility assessment for a new concept routinely include?
