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Transcribed Image Text:Product Architect: Perform design, development and
support of existing and new products. Understand
product vision and business needs to define product
requirements and product architectural solutions.
Develop architectural and design principles to
improve performance, capacity, and scalability of
product. Embodiment Design: Modular Design and
Product Architecture. Modular design describes a
situation where a product is organized into a number
of assemblies, each one developed to complete a
specific function. All assemblies (or modules)
interact with each other to carry out the product's
overall purpose. Modular product design is part of a
wider theoretical product development topic, known
as product architecture.
Against the pretext:
Explain scalability of cellular phone in the context
of product Architecture;
b) Report on improve performance of cellular phones;
c) Interpret modular design in the light of specific
function;
d) Examine product architecture in the context of
support of new products;
e) Value embodiment design in the context of
environmental impact.
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