Concurrent construction on evolving design: ITER-India experience and lessons for future

This paper deals with the project execution experience of ITER-India, the agency for delivery of India´s `inkind´ contributions to ITER. We look at the changes that have occurred so far and are being incorporated during the construction or manufacturing of the systems in some of the packages. As these systems are linked through the interfaces with other systems (beyond the scope of ITER-India), one has to discover ways and means of keeping some parts flexible, while freezing other parts. Recognizing that this is the only practical way, we attempt to correlate experience to future requirements and find solutions.