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Timing involves questioning whether the ideas should be incorporated immediately into our product, or held for some future date or event. Two conditions require immediate change and improvement. The first are those value-adding competitive changes that can be implemented with a minimum investment and minor impact on production. The second is the necessity of correcting a serious competitive defect quickly, which could impact production and require a significant investment. Because the product is in the field and can be evaluated by conducting a market survey among existing customers, market analysis and verification that justify the need for such immediate actions can be performed relatively quickly.

But for a nurse to “attend patient” means that the nurse is expected to care for the patient. PAS SIVE I ACTIVE Provide Support Support Weight Seek Approval Approve Procedures Develop Exhibits Exhibit Products Submit Budget Budgel Expenses Determine Resolution Resolve Problems Figure 2-3 Passive us. Active Verbs 32 Chapter 2 MEASURABLE NOUNS Measurable nouns are easier to determine when the study topic is a hardware product. When hardware components are used, measurements are quantitative and often expressed as engineering units.

When the fuel is expended and the basic function cannot be performed, the cigarette lighter is thrown away. However, all of the components of the cigarette lighter are still operable. Why then is the lighter thrown away? The answer is in basic function rule 4: the loss of the basic function(s) causes the loss of the market value and worth of the product or service. COMPONENT - FUNCTION SELECTION When performing a function analysis on a common lead pencil, the pencil’s basic (B) and secondary (S) functions are determined by evaluating the components’ contributions to the overall product (see Figure 2-5).