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Product Development
Plain-language guides to the systems, records, and decisions behind physical-product work.
02Guides and tools
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Use the next practical document.
Each resource includes its edition, update date, source material, and limits.
02.1PLM, PDM, and project management—in plain EnglishUnderstand what each system controls, where they overlap, and why a hardware team may need more than one.Plain-language guide9 minVersion 1.002.2A practical hardware development processPlan evidence and deliverables from the next question to a controlled build without pretending hardware work is perfectly linear.Process guide10 minVersion 1.0
Bring the hardware project together
Give the deliverables, design files, vendors, and handoffs one current home.
Use Workbench to find, compare, select, and coordinate vendors. You choose whom to engage and keep control of every vendor relationship.