Track 3 Session 3

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Iterated Growth Testing of the ColorQube 9200

The development of Xerox’s ColorQube 9200 multifunction solid-ink printer was a major project involving hundreds of scientists, engineers and other business professionals. During this multi-year effort, this “clean-sheet” product went through more than ten major design iterations and countless minor revisions before it was finally able to demonstrate the achievement of its demanding reliability goals. Coordinating this huge endeavor, which involved engineering work in four major sites on three continents, required the effective use of innovative methods of product development, testing and communication. The details of this remarkable design effort offer useful insight to any company that faces the difficult task of designing an entirely new product to world-class standards with a distributed development team and under tight schedule constraints.

Key Words: Iterated Growth Testing, Iterated Development, Multi-Site Development, Data Analysis And Integration, Reliability Metrics, Reliability Testing

Greg Rybarczyk

Xerox Corporation

Wilsonville, Oregon