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LTR 147: Richard Matt on Bringing Benefit–Risk Upstream in Design and Development
Summary
“Look at how benefits and risks are allocated among different design options and pick a product architecture that minimizes risks and maximizes benefits.”
In this Let’s Talk Risk! conversation, Richard Matt shares a simple but uncomfortable observation: most organizations do risk “correctly” on paper, but too late to matter. By the time the DFMEA/PFMEA is polished, key architecture decisions are already locked, so risk management becomes cleanup, not guidance.
His most valuable takeaway is the shift upstream: start with the treatment plan, write down the expected benefits and…
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