Optimizing product profitability-the test way
P. Varma · 2002
The competitive drive to reduce product development costs has led to a surge of interest in test methods that attempt to reduce costs. However, reducing test costs may not always result in the lowest product costs. Rather than attempting to reduce test costs as much as possible, the goal should be to maximize product profitability by finding the optimum test strategy that results in the quality levels desired for the lowest product cost and the highest product revenues.