Pries / Quigley Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems

Ensuring Product Integrity and Program Quality
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4200-7206-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

There are many books on project management and many on embedded systems, but few address the project management of embedded products from concept to production. Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems: Ensuring Product Integrity and Program Quality uses proven Project Management methods and elements of IEEE embedded software development techniques, to explain how to deliver a reliable complex system to market.
This volume begins with a general discussion of project management, followed by an examination of the various tools used before a project is underway. The book then delves into the specific project stages: concept, product development, process development, validation of the product and process, and release to production. Finally, post-project stages are explored, including failure reporting, analysis, corrective actions, and product support.
The book draws heavily on information from Department of Defense sources as well as systems developed by the Automotive Industry Action Group, General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford to standardize the approach to designing and developing new products. These automotive development and production ideas have universal value, particularly the concept of process and design controls. The authors use these systems to explain project management techniques that can assist developers of any embedded system. The methods explored can be adapted toward mechanical development projects as well.
The text includes numerous war stories offering concrete solutions to problems that might occur in production. Tables and illustrative figures are provided to further clarify the material. Organized sequentially to follow the normal life cycle of a project, this book helps project managers identify challenges before they become problems and resolve those issues that cannot be avoided.

Zielgruppe

Embedded systems engineers, project managers of embedded projects, software engineers, electronics engineers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pries, Kim H.

Quigley, Jon M.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Projects and Project Managers
Delivery
Overview of Program/Project Management
Need for this Book
Comparison of Approaches
Automotive Industry Action Group
Department of Defense
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Electronics Industry Association
Process Management Areas
Staged-Gate Methods in General
What is a Gate?
Reasons for Gate Reviews
Objectives
Gate Targets
Importance of Gate Targets Selection
Measurement of Targets (Statistics)
Example of a Phased Project
Project Management
People
Limited Resource
Project Manager's role
Organization and Integration
Customer Focus
Brainstorming
Technical Solutions
Quality
Facilitate Team Creation
Conflict Resolution
Product Development Team Meetings
Program Management
Embedded Development
Product Integrity and Reliability
Product Integrity
System-Level Testing
Reliability
Cost
Structure of Sections
Technical Tools
Delivery
Axioms of Program Management
Supplier Selection
Supplier Evaluation
Capability Maturity Model Integrated
Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
Work Breakdown Structure
Resource Breakdown Structure
Project Estimating and Scheduling
Top Down Estimating
Bottom Up Estimating
Phased Estimating
Project Evaluation and Review Technique
CPM
Network Diagram in General
Constructive Cost Model II
Product Integrity and Reliability
Risk Management
Risk Taxonomy
Risk Methodology
Risk Quantification
Assessment of Product Risk
Simulation and Modeling
Verification
Validation
Stress Testing
Reliability Testing
Cost
Project Acceptance Criteria
Payback Period
Return on Investment (ROI)
IRR
Market Share
Project Cost Management
Earned Value Management
Budget Controls
Cost Performance Index
Schedule Performance Index
Cost Variance
Schedule Variance
Estimate at Completion
Estimate to Completion
Variance at Completion
Quality, Function, Deployment, and Cost Status
War Story
Human Resource
Systems Thinking
Project Manager Words
Concept
Concept Overview
Inception
Planning
Implementation
Regulation
Termination
Gate Targets - Past View
Gate Targets - Future View
Delivery
Work Descriptions
Project Charter
Statement of Work and Statement of Objectives
SOW Detail
Charters versus SOWs
Product Integrity and Reliability
Voice of the Customer
Quality Function Deployment
Requirements and Constraints matrix
Engineering Issues
Bills of Material (Engineering)
Change Management (Engineering)
Change Management (Project Management)
Material Specification
Engineering Specification
Customer Specification
Specification Reviews
Special Product Characteristics
Hardware Revision Levels
Production Issues
Bills of Material (Manufacturing)
Process Flow Diagram
Special Process Characteristics
Line Sequencing
Quality Issues
Quality Requirements
Reliability Requirements
Product Assurance Plan
Software Quality Assurance Plan
Cost
Request for Proposal
Contract Types (fixed, etc)
Pugh matrix - Concept selection
Crashing Program Definition
Program Definition Risk
Funding Risk
Reducing the Risk
Technical Risk Assessment
Reducing the Risk
Schedule Risk
Reducing the Risk
Management Support
War Story
Cutting Edge Components
Herding Cats
Product Development
Product Development Overview
Phase Objectives
Inception
Planning
Implementation
Regulation
Termination
Delivery
Crashing Product Development
Schedule Compression
Crashing Limitation
Crashing Risk
Fast Tracking
Fast Tracking Risk
Product Integrity and Reliability
Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
Design For Manufacture and Assembly
Prototype Builds
Key Product Characteristics
Design Verification
Product Development Risk
Design Requirements Risk
Reducing the Risk
Design Policy Risk
Reducing the Risk
Design Process Risk
Reducing the Risk
Design Analysis
Reducing the Risk
Parts and Materials Selection
Reducing the Risk
Software Design
Reducing the Risk
Design Reviews
Reducing the Risk
Design Release
Reducing the Risk
Product Requirements Risk
New Equipment, Tooling, and Facility Requirements Gauges and Testing Equipment Requirements
Team Feasibility Commitment and Management Support
Cost
Request For Quote
Make or Buy Analysis
Value Analysis
What is Value Analysis?
Information Phase
Functional Analysis
Creative Phase
Judgment Phase
Development Phase
Recommendation Phase
Product Functional Decomposition
Value Analysis Integrated into Design Process
Outsourcing
Project Manager Involvement in Negotiations
Modular design
War Story
Production site
Material availability
Battery
Commitment
Process Development
Delivery
Process Development Overview
Phase Objectives
Initiate
Plan
Execute
Control
Closing
Product Integrity and Reliability
Process Flow
Ideal Process Flow
Less than Ideal Process Flow
Process Flow Under Control
PFMEA
Key Control Characteristics
PCP
Special Process Characteristics
Process Floor Plan
Process Flow Chart
Product and Process Quality System Review
Characteristics Matrix
Prelaunch Control Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement Systems Analysis Plan
Packaging Specifications and Standards
Corrugated Containers
Returnable Containers
Packing Slips
Preliminary Process Capability Study Plan
Crashing Process Development
Process Development Risk
Manufacturing Plan
Reducing the Risk
Quality Manufacturing Process
Reducing the Risk
Piece Part Control
Reducing the Risk
Supplier Control
Reducing the Risk
Defect Control
Reducing the Risk
Tool Planning
Reducing the Risk
Production Test Equipment
Reducing the Risk
Manufacturing Screening
Reducing the Risk
Process Capability
Cost
Cost and delivery performance
Modular design of process and equipment
Management Support
War Story
Validation of Product and Process
Delivery
Validation of Product and Process Overview
Phase Objectives
Initiate
Planning
Execute
Control
Closing
Product Integrity and Reliability
Design Verification Plan and Report
Verification versus Validation
Verification
Validation
Manufacturing Qualification
Electronic Data Interchange
Bench Testing versus Field Testing
Bench Testing
Final Product or Multievent Testing
Measurement Systems Evaluation
Preliminary Process Capability Study
Production Part Approval Process
Packaging Evaluation
Process Control Plan
Reduced Variation
Common Cause
Special Cause
Crashing Verification and Validation
Validation Risk
Built-In Test
Reducing the Risk
Cost
Outsourced
Simulation
War Story
Last Minute Material Failure
Component Qualification
Trust But Verify
PVT on Nonproduction Parts
Slow Testing Feedback
Errors Found in Production
Release to Production
Release to Production Overview
Phase Objectives
Inception
Planning
Implementation
Regulation
Termination
Delivery
Process Sign-Off
Trial Production Runs
Production Process Review
Process Verification Testing
First Time Capability
Quality Planning Sign-off
Pilot Runs
Goals
Objectives
Runs-at-Rate
Crashing Production Release
Methods Builds
Design Change Notification
Product Integrity and Reliability
Production Test Equipment
Production Release Risk
Service Parts
Reducing the Risk
Technical Documents
Reducing the Risk
Deviations
Cost
Delivery Performance
Design for Manufacture
Design for Assembly
War Story
Last Minute Material Failure
Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (Phase)
Delivery
Importance of Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System
Initiate
Planning
Execute
Control
Closing
Product Integrity and Reliability
Risk
Failure Reporting System
Reducing the Risk
Cost
War Story
Unplug It
Product Support
Delivery
Project Management Responsibility
Handing off the Project
What Happens During launch
Crashing Product Support
Product Integrity and Reliability
Launch Containment
Cost
Extensibility
Emergency Shipment
War Story
Supplier/Customer relationship
Field Failure
Program Management
Program management versus Project Management Program Manager Skill Set
Final Thoughts
How Many Programs Work Concurrently?
Generalizing Automotive Techniques to Project Management
Future Trends
Globalization
Reduction in Force
Troubled Project
Project Manager Origins
“The Accidental Project Manager"
Technical Talent as Project Managers
Outsourcing Project Management
Importance of Lessons Learned
APPENDICES
The 18 PPAP Documents
System Requirements Review (SRR)
System Design Review (SDR)
Software Specification Review (SSR)
Software Quality Assurance Plan (SQAP)
Software and Hardware Reviews
Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
Critical Design Review (CDR)
Test Readiness Review (TRR)
Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)
Physical Configuration Audit (PCA)
Formal Qualification Review (FQR)
Production Readiness Review (PRR)
Embedded Development Overview
Process Sign-off
Software Metrics
Software Metrics
Project Metrics
IEEE-1220 Systems Engineering Master Plan Format
Release Notes
FMEA Basics
Bibliography   
Index