engineers

Engineers have long used and benefited from Six Sigma and other quality improvement programs which are aimed at reducing variability and defects.  These processes are based on meeting standards, metrics of product improvement. TRIZ has been used to solve manufacturing problems, as well as assisting in new product development and invention within the organization.
Analytical tools like Six Sigma and TRIZ help engineers to quantify problems, generate ideas, and predict trends.  For this reason, many engineers understand and appreciate the quantitative nature of the CPSS.  Although built on a semantic (and qualitative) model, the CPSS produces quantitative, statistical profiles of product characteristics that can be used to set benchmarks, and to improve performance over time.  This unique design metric has the added advantage of measuring design attributes, bringing more objectivity to aesthetic judgments about form as well as function.