Product Cooperative Research and Development

Product cooperative R&D process was deeply analyzed, and the tight relationships of R&D activities planning and resources configuration were found out. So an process framework was constructed. Then product flow chart (PFC) was established. The basic elements of PFC were defined, and PFC operation regulation were analyzed in detail. Based on PFC, product relationships in R&D activities flow were researched. There are four relationships of series, parallel, intersection and independence for product flow. By formalized mathematics reasoning based on PFC, product cooperative R&D process was analyzed and constructed. Main Clue of analysis is to research and define configuration state of R&D activities and relative discrete resources. On the basis of these concepts system of flow, dynamical relationships of activities planning and resources configuration in R&D process were formally described and argued step by step. In the end, some significant conclusions were obtained.