5. Our advice
For graphical representation of functions, choose the method best suited to your business sector.
There's nothing to stop you inventing your own graphical representation method. The aim is to be able to :
communicate with other departments, suppliers, customers ;
summarize your work ;
delegate the search for solutions for a module or function to a specific group;
symbolically represent all the key elements of the future product;
clearly represent the costs of implementing the functions (later on in the progress of your study [cf. ( cf . Gain search by function sheet
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AFNOR NF X 50-100 November 2011: Value Management – Functional analysis, fundamental characteristics – Functional analysis: functional analysis of the need (or external) and technical/product functional analysis (or internal) – Requirements for deliverables and implementation procedures
AFNOR NF X 50-151 September 2007: Value Management – Functional expression...
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Acronyms and abbreviations
AF: functional analysis
AFE: external functional analysis
AFI: internal functional analysis
FAST: FunctionAnalysis System Technic
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