Product Design Specification (PDS)
- Environment
- Customer
- Political and/or social implications
- Weight
- Size
- Quantity
- Materials
- Aesthetics
- Ergonomics
- Performance
- Standards / Specifications
- Legal requirements
- Patents
- Safety
- Quality / Reliability
- Shelf life storage
- Product life span
- Life in service
- Installation
- Documentation
- Maintenance
- Repairability
- Disposal
- Recyclable
- Sustainable
- Ecological impact / Carbon footprint
- Processes in fabrication
- Testing
- Manufacturing facility
- Company constraints
- Bill of materials
- Cost to produce
- Target retail price range
- Competition
- Timescale
- Market constraints
- Packing
- Shipping/Transport