Principles for Managing Technological Product Obsolescence
Principles for Managing Technological Product Obsolescence
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管理技术产品过时的原则
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2008
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通讯作者：
Janis Terpenny
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作者：
Rahul Rai;Janis Terpenny
产品的发展是为了适应竞争的市场压力、快速的技术变化以及性能和功能的不断改进。在增加功能和价值的同时，快速发展的技术也使产品很快过时。产品过时的主要原因之一是技术上的过时，这是由于消费者被技术上更先进的新型号产品的功能所吸引。解决问题的一种方法是ldquopiggybacking，即通过集成或附加辅助设备或组件来更新技术过时产品的功能的策略。不要与升级策略混淆，搭载需要一个与现有产品架构相邻、之上或内部相匹配的设备。对于特别容易出现技术过时的消费电子产品来说，搭载是一种有吸引力的策略，因为它提供了一种方法，可以在单个产品中容纳快速和缓慢变化的技术。目前，背驮式产品都是依靠设计师的经验和直觉来实现的，这些方法往往不一致，经验不足的设计师也不太了解。本文提出了一套指导背驮式产品设计的形式化原则。这些原则来源于对72种不同产品的实证研究结果。作为研究的一部分，使用从数据中得出的具有代表性原则的解剖工具分析各种产品。通过一种新型背驮式产品的概念设计，证明了这些原理的实用性。
Products evolve to accommodate competitive market pressures, rapid rates of technology change, and constant improvements in performance and functionality. While adding functionality and value, the fast moving technologies also make products obsolete quickly. One of the primary reasons for product obsolescence is technological obsolescence which results when consumers are attracted to functions in newer models of products that are more technologically advanced. One way to deal with problem is ldquopiggybacking,rdquo a strategy that enables renewed functionality of a technologically obsolete product through the integration or add-on of a secondary device or component. Not to be confused with upgrading strategies, piggybacking requires a device that fits adjacent to, upon, or within the existing product architecture. Piggybacking is an attractive strategy for consumer electronic products that are particularly prone to technological obsolescence as it offers a means to accommodate fast and slower changing technologies within a single product. Currently, piggyback products are realized with ad hoc methods that rely on the experience and intuition of the designer, often applied inconsistently and not well known by less experienced designers. In this paper, a set of formal principles is presented for guiding the design of piggyback products. These principles are derived from the results of an empirical study of 72 different products. As part of the study, various products are analyzed with a dissection tool with representative principles derived from the data. The utility of these principles is demonstrated via the conceptual design of a novel piggyback products.