Engineering and Product Development Management
The Holistic Approach

Practical guide to managing engineering product development, using a holistic approach.

Stephen Armstrong (Author)

9780521790697, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 September 2001

360 pages, 128 b/w illus. 16 tables
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.84 kg

'… [a] useful reference for product development practitioners in aerospace, defense, construction, and similar make-to-order, business-to-business organizations.' Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Engineering and Product Development Management is a practical guide to the components of engineering management, using a holistic approach. It will help engineers and managers understand what they have to do to improve the product development process by deploying new technology and new methods of working in concurrent teams. The book takes elements from six well known and understood bodies of knowledge and integrates them into a holistic approach: integrated product development, project management, process management, systems engineering, product data management, and organizational change management. These elements are framed within an overall enterprise-wide architecture. The techniques discussed in this book work for both huge multinational organizations and smaller enterprises. The emphasis throughout is on practical tools which will be invaluable for engineers, managers, and consultants responsible for project and product development.

Part I. Understanding Engineering Process Management: 1. The holistic approach to managing engineering operations
2. An overview of engineering process management
3. Organization of engineering tasks
Part II. Applying Engineering Processes to Program Management: 4. Roles and responsibilities
5. Approach to program and project management
6. An integrated team member's guide to performing a task
7. Program structuring and planning
8. Risk assessment
9. Program initiation and execution
10. Program reviews
11. Engineering change management and product data management
Part III. Deploying Engineering Process Management: 12. Organizing for deployment
13. Overcoming resistance to change
14. Implementing IPD - lessons learned case study
Part IV. Appendices: Glossary
List of figures and tables
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC], Business & management [KJ]