Engineering Project Management for the Global High Technology Industry

This unique, one-stop resource covers engineering project management topics, tools, and techniques in a logical sequence with real-world industrial examples.

Engineering Project Management provides a high-level engineering analysis of key issues in the justification, development, and successful deployment of high-tech engineering products. The book assembles all of the pertinent information a project manager in the high-tech industry will need to fully manage the design of products to meet specification; deliver projects on time and on budget; and achieve targeted profit for the product lifecycle. This practical guide fully explains the factors behind successful deployment of electronics projects, using real-world examples from the author’s large library of extensive consulting, teaching and expert witness cases to allow you to navigate the many issues involved in successful engineering project management.

• Extensive coverage of the justifications for make or buy decisions—a critical topic for overseas suppliers
• The role of technology development and legal issues, including coverage of intellectual property (IP) and preventing future lawsuits
• Comparison of different industries: regulated industries (military, aerospace, medical), fast-acting industries (telecommunications, computers), and more traditional industries (industrial equipment)
• Addresses differences of products built to specifications vs. products build for the marketplace

Preface

Part 1 : The Engineering Project Lifecycle
Chapter 1 : Historical Perspectives and Metrics for Project Management Success
Chapter 2 : Project Inception : Benchmarking and the Business plan
Chapter 3 : Intellectual Property Issues for New Product Development
Chapter 4 : Customer Focus : Voice of the customer and QFD

Part 2 : Engineering Project Management Justification
Chapter 5 : Engineering Economy, Project justification and proposal risk analysis
Chapter 6 : Subcontracting, Make versus Buy and the Supply Chain

Part 3 : Engineering Project Planning
Chapter 7 : Gantt, Pert, CPM and Milestone Charts
Chapter 8 : Project Costing techniques and ABC costing
Chapter 9 : Project Risk Assessment

Part 4 : Engineering Project Organization, Communications and Control
Chapter 10 : Team Work Issues and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 11 : Project Tracking tools
Chapter 12 : Project Communications in the Global Economy

Index