Planning and managing the design of systems

Author

Steward, Donald V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., California State Univ., Sacramento, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

27-31 Oct 1991

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

193

Abstract

The author describes how to plan a design process by analyzing the information flow inherent in that design, showing where to use estimates, iteration, and design reviews, and how to schedule the design tasks. He also shows how this flow is used for verification and change control. A computer program, called TERABL, has been developed. This program will allow an engineer to use shunt diagrams and engineering judgment to choose tears and generate a design structure matrix. It allows a number of possible tearings to be examined before choosing the best plan. With the TERABL program, as changes are made to the matrix, one can easily work out new plans

Keywords

design engineering; iterative methods; management information systems; research and development management; scheduling; software packages; R&D management; TERABL; computer program; design; engineering judgment; estimation; information flow; information systems; iteration; research and development; scheduling; shunt diagrams; structure matrix; Circuits; Computer science; Information analysis; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing processes; Process design; Process planning; Processor scheduling; Product design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology Management : the New International Language

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0161-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1991.183612

Filename

183612