Characterize the nature and criticality of an innovation

You're developing an innovative new system (product/service): you want to optimize your design resources by focusing on the really critical points.

• How do you characterize the nature of innovation in a new product?

• How do you characterize the degree of innovation of a new product?

• How do you characterize the potential seriousness for the customer of a new product failure?

• How can you identify potentially critical functions, components and manufacturing processes?

• Not everything in a new product is innovative: how can you focus your design activities on what really is?

• How to choose and prioritize the type of design activity according to the nature of the innovation and its criticality?