Engineering project management for the global high-technology industry / Sammy G. Shina.

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A. Dedication -- B. About the author -- C. Preface -- About the book organization -- D. Acknowledgments -- Contributor biographies -- 1. The engineering project lifecycle and historical development of engineering project management tools and techniques -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The 2000s and beyond -- Conclusions -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problems -- 2. Product and project perspectives and managing different types of engineering projects -- The overall product lifecycle model -- The role of technology in product development and obsolescence -- Technology product types and the project management models needed to develop them -- Creating an environment for successful project management -- Conclusions -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problems -- 3. Project inception: benchmarking, ip, and voc -- Benchmarking of products and processes -- Intellectual property concerns in new technology product inception -- Voice of the customer -- Conclusions -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problem -- 4. Voice of the customer case study -- Voice of the customer methods and techniques -- Voice of the customer as part of the lean product development tools and processes -- Preparing for the voice of the customer -- Initiating the voc; summary of the key steps -- Skill sets required for the host ipt team -- Supplies needed for the voc activity -- Steps in understanding voc -- Start of affinitization when the ipt team does the groupings -- Label the groupings -- Analyze the groupings -- Capturing customer intents and additional project success criteria -- What´s next? Other ways to use the voc -- Lessons learned from use of the voc -- Voc process risks -- Benefits from using the voc process -- Discussion topics -- Chapter exercise -- Suggested discussion for chapter exercise -- 5. Engineering project justification, financial aspects, and return on investment -- The business plan for new products and its potential impact on the company´s strategy -- Techniques for evaluating projects based on economic analysis -- Capital equipment planning and acquisition decision based on economic analysis -- Techniques for increasing management confidence in the economic analysis -- Conclusions -- References and bibliography -- Websites -- Discussion topics -- Problems -- 6. Make or buy: subcontracting and managing the supply chain -- The lean enterprise concept and the supply chain -- The outsourcing strategy to be considered and the associated pitfalls -- The changes to the product realization process and communications with the supply chain -- The supplier selection process -- Summary and case studies of subcontracting -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problems -- 7. Engineering project planning and execution -- Historical approaches to engineering project planning -- Project requirements definitions -- Engineering project scheduling tools -- Methods and techniques for reducing project duration and cost -- The causes of engineering project execution problems and how to mitigate project delays -- Techniques for monitoring project expense progress and estimating project completion profile -- Successful project execution and lessons learned -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problems -- 8. Engineering project phases, control, communications, leadership, and risk assessment -- The phase gate review process -- Types of phase gate review processes -- Implementing a phase gate process -- Project risk assessment and management -- Managing engineering project teams -- Resolving engineering team conflict and managing a successful engineering team -- Conclusion -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problems -- 9. Project monitoring and control case study -- Key project monitoring and control processes -- The daily stand-up board and area -- Other uses for stand-up: supply chain, operations, red flag, and risk register reviews -- Less on earned and chapter conclusions -- Stand-up board exercise -- 10. Engineering project communications -- The role of the project manager -- A communication model -- Distance and communication -- Collaboration and concurrent engineering -- Collocated teams -- Dispersed teams -- Technology and communication -- Architecture as a collaboration tool -- The project communication plan -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- 11. Engineering project and product costing -- Project and product cost relationship with lifecycle stages -- New product cost estimating methodologies -- New product cost estimating process -- Conclusions -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- Problem -- 12. Building and managing teams -- Teams versus groups: what´s the difference? -- Managing events and activities -- Leading people and managing performance -- Our project team leadership summary -- References and bibliography -- Discussion topics -- A. Roi tables.

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