Step 1: Categorize your Product
Try to specify your target users group e.g.:
- For Students and Kids (e.g. Gaming Machine)
- For Office use (e.g. Desktop Replacement)
- For Home Appliance (e.g. Movie, Music)
- For Business People (e.g. Business Trips)
- For Outdoor Users (e.g. Traveling and Factory)
Step 2: Define Environmental Parameters
Try to specify under which conditions your device will be "normally" used and under which conditions your device could be stored and filter the environmental parameters, for example:
- Bright or dark places (e.g. Direct sunlight, dark corners) -> Display Panel
- Bumpy Transport (e.g. Train, Truck, Car, Airplane) -> Vibration
- Humid or dry places (e.g. Vacation) -> Climatic
- Loud or silent areas (e.g. Factory, Meeting room) -> Functionality
- Privacy / Sharing (e.g. Airplane, Watching Movie) -> Display Panel, Functionality (Security)
- Dust, Dirt (e.g. Factory) -> Workmanship
- Possible Storage places (e.g. Car, Airplane, Ship container) -> Climatic
Step 3: What is your user expecting
Define the relevance of your devices properties and filter affected parts according your earlier specified environmental parameters and target user group.
- High Picture Performance -> Display Panel
- Long Battery Usage -> Battery & Power Consumption
- Outdoor usage -> Climatic Conditions
- Security Features -> Functionality
- Continuous High Performance -> Thermal Behaviour
- Robustness -> Mechanical, Vibration
Example:
1) Target Group: Business People
2) Environmental Parameters:
- Bumpy Transport -> Virbration & Shock
- Bright & Dark places -> High Lightoutput
3) User expectation:
- Mobility -> Wireless Functionality, Battery Behaviour
- Compatibility -> Functionality of Ports, VGA Compatibility and Short Signal Test
- Security & Privacy -> Functionality of Security features, Viewing angle
- Silence -> Thermal Behaviour, Cooler noise