Before looking at size ranges, test procedures, marking requirements, or acceptance thresholds, ask yourself: “Is this standard applicable to this product?” You might have a great technical document with excellent information, but it may still not apply to your product, material, market, or use case. That determination is the first decision that needs to be made in the scope clause.…
Imagine you have three documents open on your screen. They all concern the same product. The first one says, “This product shall meet the dimensions and perform in accordance with the test methods.” The second one states, “For a product to be sold in this jurisdiction, it must comply with these essential product requirements.” And the third says, “This particular…
“The packaging is robust” is useful until you and I have to agree if a parcel will make the grade. One of us may squeeze it, another may scan for obvious defects, while a third demands a lab-based load test. The term “robust” describes a motivation not a quality property, a test protocol or an acceptance threshold. Vague claims don’t…
What does a product requirement matrix really do? Rather than having many clauses or specifications, drawings, test methods and corporate standards or internal requirements, the product requirement matrix becomes one view of all the controlled review items. Instead of having many documents and needing to search for multiple documents if an question comes up, you capture what the requirement is,…