Dimensional Analysis

• Dimensional Analysis is a conceptual tool often applied in chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand physical situations involving a mix of different kinds of physical quantities.
  • It can be applied to product development because products have physical qualities that can vary.

• Dimensional Analysis lists all of the physical characteristics of a product.
  • Having obtained such a list, creativity can be triggered by asking questions such as:
    • "Why is the product this way?"
    • "How could the product be changed?"
    • "What would happen if one or more of the characteristics were removed?"

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© 2008 John Michael Pierobon

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