Developing a design for six sigma framework for the analysis of product development processes

During the last decades the importance of product development (PD) has become apparent for organizations. A majority of companies' total business results are dependent on the outcome of PD activities, results that crucially depends on new product's success and sales revenue. PD must be evaluated continuously, even without a physical final product accessible to measure. Therefore, in product development there is a need to evaluate the PD organization and project activities. This article presents a product development framework for analysis of organizations' product development performance according to Design for Six Sigma and evaluation of DFSS adopted companies' level of implementation.