Development engineering method
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The aim is to succeed in launching the products, reducing the development and production costs and guaranteeing the new products.
The method is universal and well-tried and particularly effective in the development of software and electronic products.
How do the phases run? Do they need back-up software? - Managing the new versions and their compatability, and also the phasing out of former products.
Make the method lasting within the business: tool choice and settings: ECM/ PDM, evolving towards PLM (Product Life Management)
To avoid surprises, product returns, and taking on extra staff, a new product launch has to involve:
Everyone at all levels
in phase with one another.
6 phases method
- CO > Creation Objective
- CD CREATION towards DEVELOPMENT
- DE ...
- EPS
- GNG Go/No-Go
- PPV Pilot Production to mass production
Phase sample (2nd) :
CD : CREATION towards DEVELOPMENT: MAJOR FACTORS
R&D:
- Product composition, options
- Recommendations for HW/SW for components
- Risks and back up plans for components
- Matrix of the existing components
- Existing systems (OS) and software modules
- ....
- Traceability matrix for components and compatability of the upgrades
- Upgrade of the existing versions
- Budget and date for the DE phase
Support :
- Description of SW support tools
- Descripton of the distance control tools, telephone answers and distance pre-analysis
- ....
- Guarantee, cost and tariff plan
- Pre-contracts, welcome packs
- Guarantee strategies by sales channel
Installation of method and tools, structuring
Document models by organisation at each stage
management of types and revisions
workflow validation management (Workflow) : liste of people who decide at each step of the process
help in choice of tools, including Open Source software.
