12.1.1 Product Design

For this activity:

You will need to write down your answers in your Mahara e-portfolio.

In this theme you have learnt that entrepreneurial decisions taken during the design of the product can have an impact on the decisions taken during the design of the process that produces that product (and vice versa).

Consider the following tasks. For each task prepare a short description, justifying your comments.

It may help if you use the internet and other sources of information to research your answers. You should present your answers digitally so that they are accessible to share.

Task 1:

Describe how and why process design and product/service design are interrelated.

Task 2:

Describe how and why design activity is itself a process.

Task 3:

What does the term TTM mean? How is having a shorter TTM enhance competitive advantage?