Today's difficult economy requires that many companies find ways to take cost out of their products while making them more appealing, feature-rich and intelligent. See how your organization can meet this challenge in this report by the Aberdeen Group, where you'll learn how to implement successful engineering practices that can help lead to improved profitability while avoiding risks associated with excessive costs. In addition, the report details how you can improve your systems engineering processes to develop products consisting of mechanical components, electronics and embedded software. Organizations that successfully develop products with these capabilities stand to gain a tremendous market opportunity; if done poorly, however, excessive cost is a significant risk.