Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Forewords
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Layout of book at a glance
- PART 1 UNDERSTANDING ENGINEERING PROCESS MANAGEMENT
- PART 2 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 3 DEPLOYING ENGINEERING PROCESS MANAGEMENT
- PART 4 APPENDIXES
- Glossary
- References
- Index
10 - Program reviews
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Forewords
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Layout of book at a glance
- PART 1 UNDERSTANDING ENGINEERING PROCESS MANAGEMENT
- PART 2 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 3 DEPLOYING ENGINEERING PROCESS MANAGEMENT
- PART 4 APPENDIXES
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
One of the greatest benefits of applying process management to engineering operations is its ability to help build quality into the product development program. As mentioned earlier in this book, the methodology does this through a combination of people process and technology. It encourages user involvement and effective communication and applies techniques and results in complete documentation. In short, it helps focus on one of our most important goals: to provide high-quality engineering focused on customer needs. In this chapter, we look at the program review process and its role in ensuring product and process quality.
QUALITY ASSURANCE FACTORS
The quality assurance process helps ensure that work gets done correctly the first time, by assisting you in addressing those factors that are essential to a quality assurance (QA) effort. They include
❍ Focusing on the customer/partner expectations
❍ Doing the right task the right way the first time – First, concentrate on making sure that the right work is being done correctly, then focus on doing it faster.
❍ Following a proven approach to integrated product development, a way of building quality into the process and the product from the start
❍ Using proven program planning and tracking techniques – Framing a well made plan and then monitoring its execution is a way of infusing a program with quality from the start.
❍ Providing for training and education – Training is an essential part of improving quality in the product development process.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Engineering and Product Development ManagementThe Holistic Approach, pp. 145 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001