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.