The form depicted in Figure 51 allows you enter the for the desired future product. The range of technically feasible characteristics for each attribute is indicated above, for instance a Mean Time Between Failure between 24 to 96 months.
The meaning of is explained in details in section III.8.C. You can ask the R&D department to seek the minimum base cost technically possible by checking the option . Otherwise, check the option and enter the desired cost for this project.
Note that the characteristics and base cost of continued projects cannot be changed.