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Huang, Enzhen. "A simulation research framework for concurrent engineering project management." Thesis, Montana State University, 2005. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/gsetd/2005/huang/HuangE0505.pdf.
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In concurrent engineering, project tasks usually are interdependent among each other. Iterations, which are required for the interdependent tasks, make traditional PERT/CPM not applicable for the estimation of the project completion time. In addition, carrying out a large scaled project in a dynamic environment has to deal with various factors throughout the entire project life cycle. When estimating the project completion time, previous research often focused on one subject of interests and assumed the other factors causing little effects on the overall project duration. The objective of this thesis is to develop a simulation research framework to help estimate the project completion time and analyze the major factors that affect the estimation for complex concurrent engineering projects. The framework consists of three major components: 1) Data Collection, where the needed data for simulation are prepared including project task structure, task relations, and quantified team member characteristics; 2) Simulation, where tasks are dynamically assigned to the appropriate members/engineers according to each member\'s knowledge level to the task, teamwork capability, work schedule availability, and learning curve improvement; and 3) Data Analysis, where significant factors to the project completion time are studied by the ANOVA analysis based on the simulation results. According to the findings from the ANOVA, heuristic rules are developed to improve the performance of task-member assignments. The effectiveness of the research framework, the simulation model and the heuristics is demonstrated by an illustrative example.
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Mazur, Lukasz Maciej. "Project Task: Member Assignment Using Design Structure Matrix and Genetic Algorithm in Concurrent Engineering Project Management." Thesis, Montana State University, 2005. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/mazur/MazurL0505.pdf.
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In concurrent engineering, project tasks generally require the establishment of multifunctional teams to simultaneously consider various activities throughout the entire product life cycle. Team members from different functional departments of the company interact in every phase of development activities to design products and processes concurrently. This concurrent strategy increases the complexity of product development and design processes and makes teams difficult to organize. Without effective task coordination and team organization, the lack of communication and cooperation among team members in a large group of tasks could seriously delay the project completion. This research provides an integrated solution to overcome these difficulties. This research aims to model both project tasks and team members for the task-member assignments. To accomplish this, we develop an integrated framework that includes three major components: a project task model, a team member model and a task-member assignment model. The project task model optimizes the complex task structure using a Genetic Algorithm (GA), while Design Structure Matrix (DSM) identifies the three major project task types: independent, dependent, and interdependent. The team member model provides a quantitative representation for three important team member characteristics, namely functional knowledge, teamwork capability and working relationship. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and personality profiling using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) are used to obtain ratings of team member characteristics. According to the project task structure, quantified team member characteristics, and each member\'s workload schedule, the task-member assignment model accomplishes the ultimate goal of this research - assigning the right team members to the right tasks at the right time. The effectiveness of the developed methodology is demonstrated by an illustrative example.
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LOPE, ALVAREZ DIEGO. "INTEGRATED CONCURRENT ENGINEERING AND APPLICABILITY TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DURING DESIGN PHASE." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19436.
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The construction sector has been struggling with low productivity issues during the last decades, mainly due to relatively low Research & Development investments compared to other industries, old-fashioned practices, and a fragmented market structure with Clients, Designers and Contractors. The construction sector urges a digitalization revolution in order to overcome the aforementioned old-fashioned practices, but this digital revolution should go along with adequate methodologies that allow the digitalization to achieve its full potential. The work presented in this thesis aims to improve the efficiency of the construction sector by having a look on more collaborative approaches between Clients, Designers and Contractors in Construction Projects. The collaborative approach researched in this thesis is the Integrated Concurrent Engineering methodology, which covers aspects of Project Management, Organization, Communication and Leadership, exploiting the digitalization capabilities that nowadays’ Technology offers. This thesis develops a theoretical framework for Integrated Concurrent Engineering in Construction Projects, with the aim to enhance their efficiency. The theoretical framework is based in literature research as well as experiences from project managers in the construction sector. The result of this study includes guidelines and recommendations on how to effectively implement the principles of Integrated Concurrent Engineering. The guidelines are applicable for Clients, Designers and Contractors, and can be seen as a tool for the Project Management Team to improve construction project’s efficiency, especially in the design phase.
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Scanlan, James Patrick. "A network model for the management of complex design projects." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300917.
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A review of techniques that support Concurrent Engineering or Simultaneous Engineering (CE/SE) is presented. It is shown that the management of projects consistent with the principles of CE/SE is hampered by the lack of a suitable activity network modelling tool. The limitations of existing methods such as the Critical Path Analysis Method (CPM) and the related Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) for the management of complex design projects are demonstrated. Recent enhancements and alternatives to CPMlPERT are reviewed. A network model is proposed that supports CE/SE and is capable of representing uncertain task outcomes, partial dependencies and task iterations characteristic of complex design projects. Discrete-event simulation is used to evaluate the network and show the effect of resources constraints, communications efficiency and activity control logic on project completion timescales and product quality. The proposed model is designed so that the activity network can be derived from and directly related to a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) matrix. This allows project completion to be expressed in terms of customer requirements and priorities. The network model is illustrated by showing how it can be applied to an aerospace design project.
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Miranda, Adán López. "Exploring the relationship between New Product Development, Concurrent Engineering, and Project Management to improve product development." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446455/.
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This thesis describes the results of research aimed at exploring the relationship between three different practices to improve product development: Concurrent Engineering (CE), New Product Development (NPD), and Project Management (PM). The literature on each approach is abundant, yet studies explaining their inter-relationship are scanty and contradictory. Therefore, the main contribution of this thesis is explanation and clarification of contradictory theories and perspectives. In exploring this relationship four cases studies were developed in companies that were applying these practices. Principles of the grounded theory and qualitative research were applied to gather and analyse data. The results suggest that CE, NPD, and PM are relatively different in practice and purpose and therefore they can be complementary to each other. However, because of a lack of clearer definitions and boundaries they are sometimes considered competing approaches, as has been observed both in the literature and in practice. CE, NPD, and PM were difficult to perceive as a sub-component one of the other as has been suggested in the literature. Rather, inter-linked process models seemed to better explain how the inter-relationship was understood and applied. The data gathered from the case studies suggest cause-effect relationships that may guide practitioners to implement or improve their product development practices. The investigation explores the essence, purpose and the knowledge generation process of CE, NPD and PM. It is suggested that NPD has a higher level of maturity than CE and NPD. This suggestion and the corresponding discussion is thought to be a contribution of current philosophical debates on the subject areas thereby nurturing the research agenda.
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Guivarch, Antoine D. (Antoine David) 1979. "Concurrent process mapping, organizations, project and knowledge management in large-scale product development projects using the Design Structure Matrix method." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17582.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152).
Sustainable success in product design and development relies not only on technical expertise and creativity within the company but as crucially, if not more, on an intelligent design of the development process, an appropriate and dynamic management of organizations, a realistic and disciplined project management, and on efficient knowledge generation, conservation and distribution techniques. These non-engineering skills pose serious challenges to companies designing complex systems like airplanes or automobiles. As these systems have gotten tremendously more complex, their design has kept involving more people, from different working cultures inside and outside the company, all within tighter time constraints. Adaptation to this new context of product development has nevertheless often been very slow because of persistent corporate traditions inherited from the past. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate that Process Mapping and Improvement, Organizations Management, Project Management and Knowledge Management can be reconciled and performed all at once using the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) Method, enabling large and relatively easy improvements of the design activity's efficiency. The state-of-the-art in each of the four mentioned fields is first reviewed. The methodology used throughout this thesis, the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) is then presented. The DSM method and some issues of knowledge management are illustrated in a short case study conducted in January 2002 at PSA Peugeot-Citroen in Paris, France. The promising unifying benefits of the DSM method are then thoroughly described through a large project that took place in Summer 2002 at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. It exhibits how DSMs can provide permanent system-level knowledge, guide the design practitioner through a complex process that would hardly be understood otherwise, enable a dynamic management of organizations and open opportunities for process improvement and redesign. The lessons learned finally lead to recommendations on the practice of the DSM method as well as product development in general.
by Antoine D. Guivarch.
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Benke, Philipp R. [Verfasser]. "Scheduling of Concurrent Engineering Projects in the Semiconductor Memory Industry / Philipp R Benke." Aachen : Shaker, 2007. http://d-nb.info/1166509885/34.
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Lee, Sang Hyun 1973. "Dynamic quality and change management for large scale concurrent design and construction projects." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85383.
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Quiso, E., J. Rivera, and J. Farje. "Proposal for the application of ICE and BIM sessions to increase productivity in construction." IOP Publishing Ltd, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655943.
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Several studies have shown that the main problem in the construction industry is low productivity. Therefore, this study focuses on developing a proposal through a methodology that can increase productivity in the construction of buildings. The proposed methodology is Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), which has 4 pillars: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE), metrics and Project Production Management (PPM). However, the article mainly develops BIM and ICE sessions. In addition, in the ICE sessions, "work executors"will be added, so that the information is fed back by both parties, specialist engineers and work executors. Finally, the proposal will be applied in a multi-family building project in the city of Lima - Peru, in order to obtain improvement results.
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Fredborg, Carl Philip, and Alexander Nilsson. "Consideration of downstream functions in New Product Development : A case study at Company X." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-230685.
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In recent years, customers demand for new products has increased in line with a rapid technological change. This has put pressure on industrial companies regarding New Product Development (NPD) in order to continuously develop and produce products at or above the customers’ expectations. Furthermore, products need to be profitable throughout the whole product lifecycle.In order to consider the whole product lifecycle in NPD, inputs with information, as well as, involvement from/of downstream functions are considered as two critical factors to ensure that profitable products are developed. Information from other functions with a wide range of perspectives, knowledge and experiences from previous products are vital.This thesis uses the above mentioned notion while examining a large multinational company, Company X. Product Development in the Company X Group follows the Gateway process which was released group-wide in 2009. This process consists of gateways which cannot be passed if not all requirements are satisfied in each step. This ensures that all areas are covered and that products are developed in an effective matter.Interviews, observations and archive analysis are methods utilized to define the current state at CXDY. The current workways and processes are compared to the outspoken ones by the company. Also, the workways and processes are compared to the theory of project management, product development, Design for X methodology and management of knowledge. In the analysis, gaps are identified and the authors present their solutions to improve the NPD process at the Company XThe major findings in the proposed solution were a new approach of the Gateway process that; takes the Internal Customer into consideration, has clear definitions of roles and responsibilities and has a cross-functional team that represent the Internal Customer in order to encourage concurrent engineering.Due to confidentiality reasons some parts of this report are hidden.Keywords: New product development, Project management, Product Lifecycle, Concurrent engineering, Design for X, Management of knowledge.Under senare år har kundernas efterfrågan på nya produkter ökat i takt med en snabb teknologisk utveckling. Detta har ställt krav på tillverkande företag att fokusera på produktutvecklingprojekt för att kontinuerligt leverera produkter som uppnår eller överträffar kunders förväntningar. Vidare måste produkterna vara lönsamma genom hela produktlivscykeln.För att kunna beakta hela produktlivscykeln i produktutvecklingsprojekt anses input med information och involvering från/av nedströmsfunktioner vara två kritiska faktorer för att säkerställa att lönsamma produkter utvecklas. I detta är informationen från andra funktioner med olika perspektiv, kunskaper och erfarenheter från tidigare produkter avgörande.Denna avhandling behandlar ovanstående tankar när ett stort multinationellt företag, Företag X. Produktutveckling i Företag X-koncernen följer Gateway-processen som släpptes på grupp-nivå under 2009. Denna process består av Gateways som inte kan godkännas om inte alla krav är uppfyllda i varje steg. Detta säkerställer att alla områden har behandlats och att produkter utvecklas effektivt.Intervjuer, observationer och arkivanalys är metoder som applicerats för att definiera det aktuella läget vid CXDY. De nuvarande arbetssätten och processerna jämförs med företagets uttalade. Arbetssätten och processerna jämförs vidare med teorin om projektledning, produktutveckling, Design för X-metodik och kunskapsförvaltning. I analysen identifieras luckor och författarna presenterar sina lösningar för att förbättra produktutvecklingsprojekten på CXDY.De viktigaste resultaten i den föreslagna lösningen var ett nytt tillvägagångssätt av Gateway-processen som; tar hänsyn till interna kunder, har tydliga definitioner av roller och ansvar och har ett tvärfunktionellt team som representerar den interna kunden för att främja Concurrent engineering.På grund av sekretesskäl har vissa delar av denna rapport gömts.Nyckelord: Produktutveckling, Projektledning, Produktlivscykel, Concurrent engineering, Design för X, Kunskapsförvaltning.
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Vieira, Antonio Ventriglia. "Modelo de referência para o desenvolvimento de produtos mecânicos." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/7571.
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This work, an action research, was conducted in a multinational Germany company, manufacturer of industrial gearboxes, and aimed to compare the differences between the product development process model (PDP) above and the PDP model proposed in this research, from the design of a series consisting of thirteen sizes of modular planetary gearboxes. This research is justified from the need for constant deployment tools that help to minimize costs and maximize productivity results in organizations, using as an example, the modular planetary gearbox due to its high and demand and market potential. Among the benefits found on the basis of the adopted model exchange are setting up the project teams (creation of cross-functional team), parallelism of activities (project developed and validated by a team), a better way to integrate the project's clients (meetings brainstorming and feedback) as well as the possibility to use in support of product development tools (DFMA - Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, DFM – Design for Manufacturability, among others). In addition, the practice of the new model was possible to give emphasis to consumer preferences, always considering the quality, cost and development time to market The main result, we obtained the implementation of an integrated PDP model and simultaneously with development time gain and manufacturing (70% reduction in rework elaborate designs to manufacturing and 50% of new projects development time), reducing equipment costs by 7.5% compared to the equipment developed sequentially. Through this implementation, it was still possible to draw up a catalog of modular planetary gearboxes, translated into 5 languages and distributed in more than 13 countries in Europe, Asia and America. The catalog also provided to the sellers a faster response to customers and the release of the product worldwide.
Este trabalho, uma pesquisa-ação, foi realizado em uma empresa multinacional de origem alemã, fabricante de redutores de velocidade industriais, e teve como objetivo principal comparar as diferenças entre o modelo de processo de desenvolvimento de produtos (PDP) anterior e o modelo de PDP proposto durante a realização desta pesquisa, a partir do projeto de uma série composta por treze tamanhos de redutores planetários modulares. Esta pesquisa se justificou a partir necessidade de implementação constante de ferramentas que auxiliem a minimizar os custos e maximizar os resultados de produtividade nas organizações, utilizando-se como exemplo, os redutores de velocidade planetários modulares devido à sua alta e demanda e potencial de mercado. Entre os benefícios encontrados em função da troca de modelo adotado estão a configuração das equipes de projeto (criação da equipe multifuncional), o paralelismo das atividades (projeto desenvolvido e validado por uma equipe), uma melhor forma de integrar os clientes do projeto (reuniões de brainstorm e de feedback), assim como a possibilidade de utilizar ferramentas de apoio ao desenvolvimento de produtos (DFMA - Design for Manufaturing and Assembly, DFM – Design for Manufacturability, entre outras). Além disso, com a prática do modelo novo foi possível dar ênfase às preferências dos consumidores, sempre considerando a qualidade, custo e tempo no desenvolvimento para o mercado. Como principal resultado, obteve-se a implantação de um modelo de PDP integrado e simultâneo com ganho de tempo de desenvolvimento e de manufatura (redução de 70% nos retrabalhos de desenhos elaborados para a manufatura e de 50% do tempo de desenvolvimento de novos projetos), reduzindo os custos do equipamento em 7,5% se comparado ao equipamento desenvolvido de maneira sequencial. Através dessa implementação foi possível ainda a elaboração de um catálogo de redutores planetários modulares, traduzido em 5 idiomas e distribuído em mais de 13 países da Europa, Ásia e América. O catálogo também propiciou aos vendedores uma resposta mais rápida para os clientes e a divulgação do produto em todo o mundo.
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Tonarelli, Pascal. "Contribution à la définition d'une approche d’ingénierie concourante pour le secteur de la construction." Valenciennes, 1996. https://ged.uphf.fr/nuxeo/site/esupversions/72f0a00e-973e-4bd1-8227-6c25757ad465.
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Les acteurs du secteur de la construction sont aujourd'hui contraints de concevoir et de mettre en œuvre de nouvelles pratiques et méthodes, permettant de faire face à la crise économique Ces pratiques et méthodes doivent améliorer les performances et la qualité de l'objet à construire, tout en diminuant le coût des opérations de construction. L’évolution du secteur doit se traduire sur les plans technique, organisationnel et humain: le travail présenté porte en particulier sur les deux derniers aspects. La problématique considérée repose sur deux points. Le déroulement du processus de construction traditionnel est caractérisé par la séparation, de plus en plus inadaptée, des phases traditionnelles de conception et de réalisation D'autre part, la communication entre les acteurs du projet, et la gestion des données qui en résulte, sont insuffisantes et peu organisées. Pour résoudre ces problèmes, une démarche d’ingénierie concourante est nécessaire et doit permettre aux acteurs de la construction de définir les axes de l’évolution souhaitée. Notre contribution présente trois aspects: nous proposons tout d'abord une phase de préparation concourante. Pour supporter, dans une approche produit, la communication et la gestion des données générées lors du processus, nous établissons un modèle produit d'un bâtiment Enfin nous décrivons la conception et la mise en œuvre du système intégré utilisé pour l’évaluation de nos propositions.
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Alvarez, Pumatanca Jean Rolf, Luza Vilma Bárcena, Apaza Eder Chunga, and Oliva Jimmy David Jaliri. "Implementación de la metodología VDC en la etapa de planeamiento. caso de estudio: mejoramiento del servicio institucional de la sede central del Gobierno Regional de Tacna." Master's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656527.
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En estos tiempos de acelerado desarrollo de la tecnología es inadmisible que el sector de la construcción en el Perú continúe como en el pasado: sumando baja productividad, enormes pérdidas de dinero, clientes (públicos o privados) descontentos y usuarios finales disgustados.
La ventaja que representa el tener el proyecto totalmente modelado antes de ni siquiera haber empezado no tiene precedentes en la industria de la construcción, en el mundo entero. Además, el costo comparativo de obtener este resultado versus lo que cuesta implementarlo es totalmente mínimo, casi inexistente, comparado con los montos de inversión de un proyecto.
Esta metodología de diseño y construcción virtual VDC, consiste en la unión moderna de diseño, construcción y operación desde las etapas iniciales de un proyecto, y este se apuntala en el modelado BIM. La intención de esta metodología es definir, alinear y alcanzar fines y metas, así como contribuir al descenso de recursos innecesarios (tiempo, capacidad, inventarios, costos) durante el proceso de elaboración.
La base teórica de esta metodología incluye:
Métodos de modelado de ingeniería: producto, organización y proceso.
Métodos de análisis y diseño basado en modelos: cantidades, cronogramas, costos, riesgos de procesos. Todas estas son las herramientas de modelado de información de construcción (BIM).
Métodos de visualización de la información.
Métricas de negocios y un enfoque en la gestión estratégica.
Análisis del impacto económico: modelos del costo y del valor de las inversiones de capital.
Beneficia, tanto en el formato virtual como en el físico. En primer lugar, produce una mejora considerable del trabajo colaborativo entre los distintos agentes que intervienen en el proyecto; en segundo lugar, y como resultado del primero, una disminución de los tiempos y los costos al reducir las incompatibilidades en el diseño y proporcionar información más detallada para la toma de decisiones ante posibles imprevistos.In these times of accelerated technology development, it is inadmissible that the construction sector in Peru continues as in the past: adding low productivity, enormous losses of money, disgruntled owners (public or private) and disgruntled end users. The advantage of having the project fully modeled before it has even started is unprecedented in the construction industry worldwide. Furthermore, the comparative cost of obtaining this result versus the cost of implementing it is totally minimal, almost non-existent, compared to the investment amounts of a project. This virtual VDC design and construction methodology consists of the modern union of design, construction and operation from the initial stages of a project, and this is underpinned by BIM modeling. The intention of this methodology is to define, align and achieve ends and goals, as well as to contribute to the decrease of unnecessary resources (time, capacity, inventories, costs) during the elaboration process. The theoretical basis of this methodology includes: • Engineering modeling methods: product, organization and process. • Methods of analysis and design based on models: quantities, schedules, costs, risks of processes. These are all building information modeling (BIM) tools. • Information visualization methods. • Business metrics and a focus on strategic management. ¡ • Analysis of the economic impact: models of the cost and value of capital investments. It benefits, both in the virtual and physical formats. Firstly, it produces a considerable improvement in collaborative work between the different agents involved in the project; second, and as a result of the first, a decrease in time and costs by reducing design incompatibilities and providing more detailed information for decision-making in the face of possible unforeseen events.
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Bowron, John. "Re-engineering the project procurement process through concurrent engineering." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2002. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6811.
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The construction industry in the United Kingdom is a multi-billion pound business that contributes, on average 10% of the UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, it is seen by many to be underachieving in terms of service delivery and investment opportunities. Projects are frequently late and over budget much to the disappointment of those involved in the industry and especially clients. Many investigations have been commissioned and resulting reports have suggested improvements in the way the industry is organised. Procurement of construction projects in the main are undertaken using methods that support fragmentation and adversarial relationships. However, with the introduction of partnering and prime contracting some improvements have been made. Procurement of a construction project begins with the strategies developed during briefing and is only complete when the facility is handed over to the client, some contract strategies allow for the facility to be completed once it is in operation, has been maintained and eventually is demolished. Costings and programmes are then related to life-cycle issues and aspects such as maintenance have to be taken into account during the facility development stages. The adoption of Concurrent Engineering (CE) is seen to offer the construction industry a way forward. Having been adopted extensively by manufacturing in its product development stages a similar adoption by the construction industry would go some way to achieving the 30% improvement in real terms suggested by Latham [1994] and Egan [1998]. The research described in the thesis aims to develop a new procurement method for the delivery of construction projects. The approach adopted was to identify current methods of procurement and the problems associated with each method. Then using Concurrent Engineering as a basis, a new procurement model was developed that offered potential improvements in the construction process between the stages of Clients Briefing and Detailed Design. The resulting model was evaluated through the application of CE principles into the process and by the presentation and discussion of the method with a number of industry participants, followed by the completion and assessment of a questionnaire. The model was shown to fulfil the principles of CE and could be adopted into construction. It offers a new approach to procurement which in turn would save costs and time and potentially improve the quality of the final construction product.
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Karlsson, Mårten. "Green concurrent engineering : a model for DFE management programs /." Lund : International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (Internationella miljöinstitutet), Univ, 2001.
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Tan, Ah Kat, and n/a. "Product information management in concurrent design systems." University of Canberra. Design and Architecture, 2003. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050707.092604.
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In this thesis, the management of product information in concurrent design
systems has been investigated with particular reference to product
development in small and medium enterprise (SME) industry and design
education at polytechnic level in Singapore. From a critical review of the
relevant literature on product design and development processes,
concurrent engineering, concurrent design systems, product data
management and related methods, it is found that there is a clear need for a
new design of a system for organizing and managing product information
in a concurrent design environment in the above contexts. This finding has
led to the development of a conceptual rationale, termed the Design Tensor
Method, and the design and development of an innovative product
information management system called PRIMAS. PRIMAS is a systematic
methodology for the classification, organization, integration,
communication, storage and management of product information in the
product development process. A software prototype based on PRIMAS has
been subsequently developed. PRIMAS along with its conceptual principles
have been applied and tested in a product design project in a tertiary
educational institution and in two significant industrial product
development projects based respectively in two SMEs. Positive evaluation
feedback on PRIMAS has been obtained in these studies. The product
development projects investigated with PRIMAS have also produced
outcomes that meet the original specified design requirements. The
findings from this research have led to the conclusion that PRIMAS is a
viable product information management system that can be used effectively
for managing product information in concurrent design projects in SME
industry and design education. Substantial PRIMAS databases of useful
product information have been compiled for the product development
projects investigated with PRIMAS. Finally, recommendations are made for
future research.
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Ogawa, Akira S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Concurrent engineering for mission design in different cultures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43175.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).
The satellite is a highly complex system due to the tight physical constraints, high reliability requirements, and the scale of the product. Except for some commercial missions, most of the satellites are designed from concept to optimally achieve their missions. Historically, the multidisciplinary team spent several months or even a year to finish the concept design. As the information technology revolution occurred in 1990's, Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE) was invented to reduce cycle time and reduce resources but with higher quality. It is a new method of real-time team collaboration based on the quantitative computer-based calculations. It was introduced with significant success by JPL/NASA and The Aerospace Corporation. Some organizations followed in using ICE and also confirmed that the design period was reduced from months to weeks. Despite the remarkable successes of the ICE application in the United States and Europe, it is neither used nor well known in other parts of the world. The Japanese organizations, for instance, provide complex products and show their presence world wide, but there is no report of an organization utilizing the ICE approach. They applied the concurrent engineering in manufacturing long ago. It is unclear what brought this situation. The ICE approach has been well examined from the systems engineering perspective but not from the cultural aspect. This thesis analyzes the ICE approach to identify the key factors for successful implementation and operation from both systems engineering and cultural perspectives through the case studies of a implementation failure in a Japanese organization and some successes in Euro-American organizations. Then, the author proposes several ways for successful implementation in the Japanese organization and proposes how the ICE should be approached and be utilized to leverage the design capability of the organization.
by Akira Ogawa.
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Garufi, David (David J. ). "Error propagation in concurrent product development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118550.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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System dynamics modelling is used to explore varying levels of concurrency in a typical design-build-produce project introducing a new product. Faster product life-cycles and demanding schedules have introduced the importance of beginning downstream work (build/manufacturing) while upstream work (design) is incomplete. Conceivably, this project concurrency improves project schedule and cost by forcing rework to be discovered and completed earlier in the project life. Depending on the type of project, some design errors may only be discoverable once the build phase has begun its work. Namely, systemic errors and assembly errors that cannot be easily discovered within the design phase. Pushing build activity earlier in the project allows the rework to be discovered earlier in the project, shortening the overall effort required to complete the project. A mathematical simulation, created using Vensim@ system modeling software, was created by James Lyneis to simulate two-phase rework cycles. The model was tuned to match data based on a disguised real project. Various start dates (as a function of project percentage complete) for downstream phases were explored to find optimal levels of concurrency. Project types were varied by exploring three levels of "rework discoverable within the design phase" to cover a range of project types. The simulation found that for virtually all project types, significant schedule and effort benefits can be gained by introducing the downstream phase as early as 30% to 40% into the project progress and ramping downstream effort over an extended period of time.
by David Garufi.
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Blechinger, Juliane [Verfasser]. "Ein Metadatenrepositorium zum Datenqualitätsmonitoring im Concurrent Engineering / Juliane Blechinger." Aachen : Shaker, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1067736484/34.
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Wang, Kuan. "Engineering project risk management and application." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0022/MQ39160.pdf.
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Oh, Shih-Hao Steven 1977. "Case studies in project management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80170.
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Hsiao, Hsu-Hsun 1974. "Risk management in BOT project." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46278.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-105).
With the growing demand of public services and the tight budget on government, BOT is one of the best alternatives to solve this problem. However, in order to create a successful BOT project, it is necessary to clearly identify, evaluate and manage the risk associated with the project. First, the concept of risk and the risk management system is introduced. The first main objective is to create a risk management model. By applying this model, the risk associated with BOT project is identified by different phases of the project and the methods used to allocate and mitigate the risk from different parties' perspectives are also proposed. Two case studies are discussed in the order that the first one, Hong Kong Cross Harbor Tunnel Project, is the base case to verify and reexamine our model. The second one, Taiwan High Speed Rail Project, is an on-going project but fails to meet its requirement at the initial stage. Based on the two case studies, the answer to the creation of a successful BOT project is that an active participation of government in risk sharing is necessary.
by Hsu-Hsun Hsiao.
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Dvorkin, William Nathan. "Applying the Principles of Project Management to a Collegiate Automotive Engineering Design Project." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71328.
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The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech is a collegiate automotive engineering design team that reengineers production vehicles to reduce environmental impact while maintaining vehicle marketability. The team Project Manager is responsible for coordinating high-level management and planning activities with the goal of better aligning the team with business and automotive industry practices. Project management responsibilities within the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team are divided into four categories: human resource management, schedule management, cost management, and risk management. This document outlines how project management strategies were researched and adapted from industry practices for use by the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team in achieving its goals.
The human resource management strategy adopts onboarding principles that better prepare new students to become effective team members. By restructuring the organization and incorporating onboarding strategies, annual turnover is reduced from 71% to 44%. The decrease in turnover is enabled by the successful creation of an independent study program which trains newcomers to become effective team members. The program can be improved for the future by further developing the curriculum.
The employed schedule management strategy develops the project schedule iteratively as technical information reveals itself through task progress. Utilizing this process makes schedule management possible in an environment with incomplete information and pressing deadlines. This strategy experienced limited success due to the lack of team and project scheduling experience on behalf of several key members of the process.
The cost management strategy is designed to gather detailed financial data to perform an earned-value analysis and create improved budgets. By understanding income and expense patterns, the Project Manager can create economic forecasts to determine the economic viability of the team. The strategy was successfully implemented and allowed the team to gather valuable financial data.
The risk management strategy identifies and quantifies technical risks associated with vehicle development. By focusing more resources on high-risk activities, the team can improve preparation for competition where the vehicle is judged according engineering quality and build progress. The strategy was successful because it identified critical hazards to the project schedule and scope, but can be improved by broadening the process to account for a wider variety of risks.Master of Science
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Mohamad, Mohamad I. "The application of concurrent engineering philosophy to the construction industry." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1999. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7026.
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The research explores the rationale of applying Concurrent Engineering (CE) philosophy to the construction industry. CE was considered based on its successful implementation in other industries. In the manufacturing industry it is used to overcome problems similar in nature to those of the construction industry, resulting from the practice of the traditional 'over the wall' processes in product design and manufacturing (construction). During the initial stage, the research evaluated current problems faced by the industry, such as the high degree of fragmentation of industry structure and work processes, adversarial elationships among project participants' lack of communication, etc., and its effort to achieve improvement. The research also investigated the theoretical background of CE philosophy, its application in other industries especially in manufacturing, the rationale for its application to construction, and current practices within the construction industry similar to those encompassed within the CE philosophy. CE consists of several basic principles, of which the teamwork was the main focus of this research and is used as the main strategy to achieve CE implementation for construction industry. By using both quantitative and qualitative evaluation, the research determined that there was no evidence to support that CE has been practised in construction as a complete process, as it has in other industries. The research also established a number of factors that support and inhibit collaborative teamwork in construction, and rank them according to their relative importance. The rankings indicate the priorities for the industry in order to achieve collaborative working, which is critical to CE implementation. The main output of the research was the establishment of 'guidelines' for implementing a Cross Functional Project Team (CFPT), i.e. the cross functional teamwork concept based on CE principles, forming the main strategy to implement CE in construction. The 'guidelines' were developed based on the consensus opinion of industry experts using the Delphi study technique. The findings from case studies were used to validate these 'guidelines'. The research also developed a tool known as the Matrix Measurement Guidelines - 'Toward CE in Construction' (MMG-TCEiC) to help the industry to map the process toward achieving a collaborative teamwork concept based on CE environments within construction projects.
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Lam, Tommy Kwok Wing. "The project management practice in engineering project department in CLP Power." access full-text access abstract and table of contents, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/dissert.pl?msc-meem-b19912961a.pdf.
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Thesis (M.Sc.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2005.Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 10, 2006) "This is to certify that the above dissertation has been assessed by the following examiners to be satisfactory and accepted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Management." Includes bibliographical references.
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Boezaart, T. C. (Theodoor Christiaan). "A case study in project management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49740.
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Thesis (MEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Project Management has already moved beyond the realms of an "orderwinning"- criteria to a "necessary-to-survive"-criteria. Increasingly people are drawn into project management without the correct qualifications or sufficient education in project management, especially in the area of project risk management. This project details the development of a case study in project management to facilitate this educational infilling in the services industry. This case study is based on a fictitious SPR project at an IT development company. The developed case study is an alternative project for the post-graduate course in Project Management at the University of Stellenbosch's Department of Industrial Engineering. Additionally, a tutorial in Microsoft" Project 2000® was also developed as supplementary material to this course.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Projek bestuur het alreeds verby die stadium beweeg waar dit gesien word as 'n voorsprong bo ander mededingende maatskappye. AI meer word mense in die dienste sektor met onvoldoende opleiding in projekbestuur, veral in die area van projek risiko bestuur, daarby betrek. Hierdie projek bespreek die ontwikkeling van 'n gevallestudie om hierdie leemte aan te spreek, en is gebaseer op 'n besigheidsproses verbeteringsprojek by 'n IT ontwikkelingsmaatskappy. Die ontwikkelde gevallestudie dien as 'n alternatiewe projek vir die nagraadse kursus in Projekbestuur wat aangebied word deur die Universiteit van Stellenbosch se Departement Bedryfsingenieurswese. 'n Addisionele tutoriaal in Microsoft" Project 2000® is ook ontwikkel om hierdie opleidingsproses te fasiliteer.
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Dominguez, Eric Anthony 1980. "Economic effects of multi-project management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32821.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 28).
This thesis discusses various approaches to project management. In particular, it focuses on the effects of functional and project coordination when inter-project interactions exist. Various organizational structures and their corresponding advantages and disadvantages are first presented. The effects of theses organizational structures on projects with and without inter-project interactions are then studied. Next, difficulties that may arise from combining various management structures with profit maximization are analyzed. Finally, it is shown that by managing inter-project interactions effectively, rapid design transfer is achievable. This allows both quick product development and relatively new design in products, while requiring limited financial and organizational resources.
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Anand, Rahul. "Lean Project Control and Management System." Thesis, Purdue University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10600937.
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Information is power; when we know something, it is hard to ignore. The foundation of this thesis is to create awareness about the inadequacy of the existing project control and management system (PCMS). There is a need for rapid improvements in PCMS, and proposed actual improvements in PCMS are put forward here. Patty and Denton said, “If there is anything to be learned from the history of work-process innovation, it is that any system of principles and methods will experience a life cycle. In other words, as processes mature, innovation is required to facilitate survival, let alone growth in sales of any product or service” (Patty and Denton 2010). The PCMS for capital project delivery in the engineering procurement construction (EPC) industry is in the same situation; it has completed its cycle and is in need of innovation. This thesis describes: “What Is”, the current state of Project Control and Management System (PCMS); “What Should Be”, the practices of PCMS: and “How to Close the Gap”. The advancements in PCMS are based on concepts which are process derived from Lean concepts and principles already applied in other industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, and ship building, where they have exhibited tremendous benefits. A new classification of PCMS is explained based on its characteristics and objectives. Two models are proposed to enhance the PCMS and make it a Lean PCMS. A “Real Time Visual Control Flow System Model” is proposed to enhance the existing flow system beyond advanced work packaging and the last planner system, by incorporating aligned breakdown structure, pull planning and control, real-time control, visual control, critical chain project management, making and keeping commitments. Our “Lean PCMS” model is proposed to enhance the whole system of PCMS and achieve the desired state of excellence for PCMS. The intention of this research is to make the current PCMS a Lean PCMS and to shift the reactive approach of project controls to a more proactive approach. A case study, “How to Close the Gap”, using Kaizen methodology (only the Kaizen appraisal stage, in real settings) in a large EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) company, is described.
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Klingenberg, Bernard Ekhard. "Effective shutdown maintenance project management." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21176.
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Shutdown maintenance projects are an intergral part of any plant maintenance system. When a plant is shutdown, production stops and major maintenance work and modification of components is carried out. Whatever the size and scope of the shutdown, component project management. is vital if the shutdown project is to be completed successfully. This autnor has found that there is little or no literature available that treats shutdown maintenance projects as a complete study. The study of the management organisation and structure, as well as the associated resources and services required by a shutdown project manager has been neglected. The aim of this thesis project is to research and investigate shutdown maintenance and to present it as a complete study. All the aspects of shutdown maintenance project management are dealt with. This is done in tne following way. Shutdown maintenance is defined with specific objectives. Then the management organi sati on. and structure, as well as the resources and services required for shutdown projects are discussed. The shutdown project management procedure and techniques are dealt with next, and finally there is a section on the effect of condition based maintenance on shutdown maintenance projects. This thesis project serves to provide a complete perspective on snutdown proJects where this was found to be lacking in previous literature on maintenance management. This thesis provides a useful source of instruction and information to an engineer who for the first time has been given a shutdown project to complete.
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Freeman, John. "Effective construction project communications." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20714.
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Large construction projects involve numerous participants, many of whom do not participate for the entire duration of the project. Participants often come from very different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In the case of many large projects, the levels of education of these participants also vary widely, from graduate professionals to labourers with only a basic education. For a project to be developed, executed and handed over to the owner efficiently, the activities and delivered outputs of the project participants need to be coordinated. This requires effective communication to and feedback from all stakeholders. Project communication systems therefore have to take into account the differing backgrounds and information requirements of the participants. The execution of a high proportion of construction projects is negatively affected due to ineffective project communications. This gives rise to the concern that construction project communications can contribute to late or inappropriate actions by participants that can negatively affect project delivery. This informed the research question: "How can project team communication systems be optimised to ensure that all stakeholders have all the information and understanding required to function efficiently, effectively and timeously?" This research study sets out to answer this question. The first objective of this study was to identify the main factors that cause project communications to be ineffective. The second objective was to develop a theory relating to effective project communications systems that could be useful in developing practical solutions to project communication problems.
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Waters, Eric W. "Engineering in a mountain resort town." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2050.
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Kreydieh, Ahmad. "Risk management in BOT project financing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40594.
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Chatting, Ian. "An attribute management process to enhance concurrent engineering in the aerospace industry." Thesis, University of Bath, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392057.
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Zerhouni, Zakia Rahmouna. "Rationale management in project planning and control." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35434.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-148).
by Zakia Rahmouna Zerhouni.
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Nimmakayala, Akhilesh, and Venkata Sai Anurudh Gudivada. "The significance of Software Engineering Management in Software projects : A study on Project Management success factors, an ideal Project Manager and the current state of Project Management Education." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-17247.
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Background. Management is an essential factor in any organization let alone its kind and size. Project management is the art and science of planning and implementing a project to achieve the desired outcome. Project Management (PM) plays a crucial role in businesses which are bound to function in a team-based environment regardless of the type of business. Although a variety of project management practices are employed in different kinds of industries, it is well understood that the style and level of employment of these project management practices have a significant impact on the project success. The software engineering industry has its own project management practices and the employment of these practices depends on the project manager who thus plays a key role in project management. Project manager has been a ubiquitous feature of traditional software projects. Project managers are a merger of personal characteristics and areas of competency that act together to integrate the various components of a project. In this study, the author discusses about the concept of software engineering management, various characteristics and key competencies of a project manager and also the factors influencing the overall success of a project. The authors also discuss about the current state and importance of PM education and its influence in the real time industry. Objectives. This research study is to analyze and make conclusions about the ideal features of a project manager and therefore attempt to understand its association with critical factors of PM for a project’s success in terms of delivering the product as scheduled and also understand various non-PM factors that are critical for project success. The study also attempts to show the significance of studying PM specifically in the context of Software Engineering as different from other contexts and the importance of PM education in academics and teaching PM in the industry. Methods. To achieve the objectives of this research, we attempt to study project management in the context of Software Engineering by conducting a literature review followed with a descriptive Survey as our research methods for this study to show how far literature complies to the present-day views and overall form a common opinion on this subject by comparing both the findings. Results. The results yielded by conducting a literature review conclude that Project Management or Software Engineering Management plays a vital role in software projects. Various factors that contribute towards successful project management were identified. Also, relevant literature was reviewed to identify the characteristics and competencies of an effective project manager and the status of project management education in academics and in the software engineering industry. The results obtained from the literature review were used in designing a survey and were further used to compare with and validate the results of this survey. A thorough analysis of these results yielded in capturing the current status and views with a snapshot of the situation in the present Software Engineering industry. A clear view on the subject area and results from a sample population of 73 software engineering professionals consisting of up to 41 experienced managers were analyzed, commented and documented. Conclusions. Various conclusions were drawn including discussions on the compliances and contradictions between present literature and software professionals in the present industry have been made. It was found that the majority of software professionals believe that project management in software engineering is unique from project management in other disciplines. It was found that professionals believe project management to be highly to very highly crucial for the overall success of software projects and that the most important key factors for successful project management were team motivation, communication and risk management. It was found that ‘Ability to foresee a problem’, ‘Decision making’ and ‘Inspires a shared vision’ were among the top three characteristics and ‘Team management’, ‘Leadership’ and ‘Ability to work under pressure’ were among the top three competencies of an effective project manager. It was found that managers feel the need to be taught about project management standards and that the ‘PMBoK’ and ‘ISO 9001’ were the most popular standards implemented. It was found that there are very contrasting views among companies on training project managers before promoting them to managerial positions whereas managers expect to be trained. Keywords: Software Engineering Management, Software Project Management, Project Manager, Project Success, Project Management Education, Software Engineering.
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Sweitzer, Timothy J. (Timothy James) 1972. "A simulation-based concurrent engineering approach for assembly system design." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82902.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82).
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Tsiotsias, Andreas Stylianos. "Design method and management utility enabling the concurrent exercise of distributed expertise." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284512.
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Seeruttun, Dhiren Kumar. "Guidelines for the successful implementation of concurrent engineering practices in the South African electronics industry." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8487.
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Bibliography: leaves 122-126.This thesis describes the concurrent engineering environment necessary for developing electronics products in the 1990s, and beyond. The broad scope of the research has made it possible to derive guidelines for the successful implementation of concurrent engineering in the South African electronics manufacturing industry. For a long time, design and manufacturing have been viewed as two distinct steps that must be sequential. The problem is that this process delays product introductions and promotes design errors that have to be caught either in the field or on the factory floor. Nevertheless, these drawbacks were viewed as simply an evil of modern industry. Today, progressive companies see that there is a better way to do things. Viewing product design and manufacturing engineering as separate entities is yesterday's technology. Both can be done at the same time in the process called Concurrent Engineering (CE).
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Sen, Sugata 1977. "Globally dispersed project teams : interaction space management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84234.
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Sveinsson, Thorarinn. "An integrative dynamics approach to project management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36527.
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Aganovic, Dario. "On Manufacturing System Development in the Context of Concurrent Engineering." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3807.
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Fan, Yao-Long. "Re-engineering the solicitation management system." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3179.
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The scope of this project includes a re-engineering of the internal architecture of the Solicitation Management System (SMS), a web-based application that facilitates the running of grant proposal solicitations for the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). A goal of the project is to increase consistency and efficiency of the code base of the system, making it easier to understand, maintain, and extend. The previous version of SMS was written to rely on the Spring and Hibernate frameworks. The project includes a restructuring of the system to remove reliance on the Spring framework, but maintain reliance on Hibernate. The result is an updated version of the SMS. The system was written using current technologies such as Java, JSP, and CSS.
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Loftus, Kennith. "Intelligent risk profiling for project management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53470.
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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Whenever projects fail, analysis of the causes has shown that risks were present from day one. Often individuals at some level in the project team have knowledge of these risks and they could have been identified and appropriate remedial action taken. Risk, whether identified or not, generally results in some increase in financial exposure on behalf of the organisation, but, if managed well, offers a potential that could lead to increased profits. There has been a tremendous explosion regarding the amount of data that organisations generate, collect and store. Managers are beginning to recognize the value of this asset and are increasingly relying on intelligent systems to access, analyse, summarise and interpret information from large and multiple data sources. These systems help them to make critical decisions at a faster rate or with a greater degree of confidence. Data mining is a promising new technology that helps bring intelligence into these systems. The purpose of this thesis is to present a methodology that integrates a data mining technique with a decision support system in order to form an intelligent decision support system. The implementation of such an intelligent decision support system will enable project and project risk managers to improve the management of and reduce risk within a project. This thesis consists of two sections. The first section describes the processes and characteristics of project management, project risk management, data mining and decision support systems. The aim is to provide the reader with a background about these four management methodologies. The second section describes the methodology of how the processes of project and project risk management can benefit from the integration of a data mining technique and a decision support system. An application that uses the case-based reasoning approach as a data mining technique to intelligently profile a project according to its risks is demonstrated.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wanneer projekte misluk, toon 'n analise van die oorsake dat risiko's vanuit die staanspoor daar teenwoordig was. Individuele persone op verskillende vlakke in die projekspan is dikwels daarvan bewus. Hierdie risiko's kon geïdentifiseer gewees het en regstellende stappe kon geneem gewees het. Risiko, hetsy geïdentifiseer of nie, loop gewoonlik uit op 'n sekere mate van toename in finansiële blootstelling namens die organisasie, maar wanneer dit goed bestuur word, bied dit 'n potensiaal vir verhoogde wins. Daar is 'n geweldige vermeerdering in die hoeveelheid data wat organisasies genereer, versamel en berg. Bestuurders begin alreeds die onskatbare waarde van hierdie bate besef en steun toenemend op intelligensiestelsels vir toegang, analise, opsomming en interpretasie van inligting van omvangryke en veelsoortige databronne. Hierdie sisteme stel hulle in staat om kritieke besluite vinniger of met 'n groter mate van vertroue te neem. Dataontginning is 'n belowende nuwe tegnologie wat daartoe bydra dat intelligensie in hierdie sisteme ingebring word. Die doel van hierdie tesis is om 'n metodologie wat 'n dataontginningstegniek met 'n besluitnemingsondersteuningsisteem integreer sodat 'n intelligente besluitnemingsondersteuningsisteem gevorm kan word. Die implementering van so 'n intelligensie besluitnemingsondersteuningsisteem sal projekbestuurders en projekrisikobestuurders in staat stelom die bestuur van 'n projek te verbeter en die risiko binne die projek te verminder. Hierdie tesis word in twee dele aangebied. Die eerste deel beskryf die prosesse en karakteristieke van projekbestuur, projekrisikobestuur, dataontginning en besluitondersteuningsisteme. Sodoende word aan die leser agtergrondinligting van hierdie vier bestuursmetodologieë verskaf. Die tweede deel beskryf die metodologie en hoe die prosesse van projekbestuur en projekrisikobestuur voordeel kan trek uit die integrasie van 'n dataontginningstegniek en 'n besluitondersteuningsisteem. 'n Toepassing is ontwikkel wat die gevallebasis beredeneringsbenadering as 'n dataontginingstegniek gebruik om 'n projek op 'n intelligente wyse volgens sy risiko's uit te beeld.
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Tedesco, Catherine Anne Coles 1974. "Developing metrics for concurrent engineering at Raytheon Company's Surface Radar Group." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91334.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-169).
by Catherine Anne Coles Tedesco.
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Tuncer, Seniz. "Project Management And Use Of Information Technology For Project Communication Management In Turkish Electronic Sector." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12604707/index.pdf.
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In this study, Project Management, especially Project Communication Management applications and use of information technology are scrutinized. The general situation of Turkish electronic sector is investigated. The project management applications and closeness to new technologies of companies that operates in Turkish electronic sector are analyzed. A research model is developed with a designed questionnaire, and the levels of project communication management applications and use of interactive communication technologies, and its effects on performance of organizations are evaluated for Turkish electronic sector by analyzing the collected data.
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Shrestha, Joseph, and H. David Jeong. "HCCI Tool Research Project." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2718.
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Wong, Wai-keung, and 汪偉強. "Project management of building services engineering in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31251742.
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Wong, Wai-keung. "Project management of building services engineering in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25950071.
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Machite, Kennedy. "The maturity of project management in engineering consulting firms." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18409.
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With a considerable number of built environment projects not being completed successfully, this study was undertaken to investigate how effectively consulting engineering firms are applying project management principles in the way they manage projects. This was achieved by measuring the project management maturity levels of consulting engineering firms. Maturity levels were measured for each of the ten knowledge areas of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge to determine areas where consulting engineering firms perform below expectation and as a result determine probable causes of project failures. The maturity of the firm was then calculated as the average of the maturity for the knowledge areas. The study found that consulting engineering firms have higher levels of project management maturity than the average for the construction and civil engineering sector. Apart from risk and procurement management, all the other knowledge areas have higher maturity levels than the corresponding construction and civil engineering knowledge areas. Although the overall maturity results indicate that the larger firms are more mature in their project management practices than the smaller firms, the individual knowledge areas are inconsistent. The study reveals that consulting engineering firms are weakest in the risk management, human resources and stakeholder management knowledge areas. There is limited literature available on the status of project management, project management methodologies, and performance of consulting projects in the engineering environment (Labuschagne & Steyn, 2010:70). There is need for future studies to establish a methodology developed specifically for the Consulting Engineering Firms in line with what Labuschagne & Steyn (2010) started and a Project Management Maturity Model specific to the Consulting Engineering Industry.
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Sharma, Nidhi S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Good Grains Project." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122565.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Foodgrains (like wheat, peanuts, etc.) gain moisture when they are stored, which leads to variation in weight and deterioration in quality. These commodities are sold by weight in India, and therefore, variable weight directly impacts the economic value of the produce. In addition, the quality of foodgrains is tightly coupled to their moisture content. For instance, if the moisture content of wheat is higher than 12%, it is not purchased by the local agriculture markets at the market price. Such produce is either rejected (sent back to the farmer for drying) or purchased at a much lower (discounted) price owing to the quality depreciation because of high moisture content. The depreciation is due to the presence of unwanted moisture, which results in growth of fungi. Fungal interaction with foodgrains leads to formation of Aflatoxin, which is one of the most toxic and carcinogenic substances known. Current solutions for detecting aflatoxin or uncontrolled moisture are either time consuming and expensive lab tests, or inefficient mechanisms based on unreliable sampling, which are inaccessible to farmers, warehouse managers and consumers, and provide a poor generalisation of the grain quality at the best. I have attempted to develop an easy to use and low-cost product that helps detect the presence of uncontrolled moisture in foodgrains, which is closely correlated to the presence of Aflatoxin. The product comes in the form of a smart RFID sensor, embedded in each of the gunny bags that store commodities like wheat, rice, etc. While a usual RFID tag only detects the presence of an object, the innovation here lies in creating an RFID tag that also responds to the moisture content of the commodity in the bag. This product can be a path-breaking innovation for warehousing corporations in India, as it will help keep a track of quality of millions of tonnes of food commodities, at a much deeper level in the supply chain.
by Nidhi Sharma.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
S.M.inEngineeringandManagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program