上游充通大 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY What are Specifications? Product specifications represent an unambiguous agreement on what the team will attempt to achieve in order to satisfy the customer needs. It doesn't tell the team how to address the customer needs It is the precise description of what the product has to do. From Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger (McGraw-Hill/Irwin)What are Specifications? Product specifications represent an unambiguous agreement on what the team will attempt to achieve in order to satisfy the customer needs. It doesn’t tell the team how to address the customer needs It is the precise description of what the product has to do