[TowerTalk] Re: What was his name

[Mike Gilmer - N2MG]

On Tue, 19 September 2000, Bob Otto wrote:

There is a school of
> thought that's similar to MMM's theory..........it's called value
> engineering.  What it says is given almost free reign, a good engineer
> will always over design a product -- greatly adding to cost by
> supplying things the customer truly doesn't need/want.  Good value
> engineering starts with determining what the customer really
> wants...and what priority it has...then designing exactly what is
> needed to satisfy the customer....and not a thing more!

While there is certainly a tendency for many engineers/marketeers/companies to keep adding capabilities to a system during design (creeping featurism), good product developers know when to "shoot the engineer".  This is a far cry from the discussion about Muntz and his ignoring of prudent design techniques like using bypass capacitors, shielding, ferrite beads, etc.  Leaving these out creates a very unreliable designs.


73,
Mike
n2mg@contesting.com
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