TITLE : TAMING TECHNOLOGY: HOW TO MANAGE A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

 
CONTENTS
 
Acknowledgements
 
1.  INTRODUCTION: OPPORTUNITY, RISK	AND BENEFIT	11
	Market opportunities	12
	Risk versus benefit	17
	Timing	18
	The competitive approach	20
 
2.  CONCEPT TO LAUNCH: THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE	22
	Project phases	22
	Idea	24
	Feasibility study	24
	Laboratory model	26
	Development	29
	Production engineering	34
	Production	36
	Trials	37
	Launch	37
 
3.  SETTING THE GOAL	38
	Projects	38
	The project leader	41
	Decision making	42
	Defining the need	43
	The requirement specification	45
	Goal setting	46
	Managing change	46
	Roles	47
	Product issues	48
	Single point responsibility	49
	Department versus function	51
	Status and role	51
	Motivation	52
	
4.  SEEING IN THE DARK: THE NEED TO PLAN	55
	Why ?	55
	Planning tools	56
	Planning techniques	57
	Network notation	59
	Creating a plan	60
	Planning in practice	67
	The critical path	77
	Resourcing	80
	What if . . . ?	84
	Squeezing the plan	84
	Working with plans	87
	
5.	ORGANISING FOR SUCCESS 94
	Meetings 94
	Specifications 98
	Document control 103
	Managing change 103
	Working together 104
	Purchasing 105
	Reviews 106
	
6.  COST AND TIME	109
	Estimating	109
	The cost of change	112
	Managing cost and time	113
	Tracking expenditure	123
	Product cost	127
	
7.	UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGIES 128
	Managing technology 128
	Electronics 129
	Software 135
	New technologies 143
	
Appendix A: Document Control	145
Appendix B: Change Control	149
Appendix C: Functional Specification	154
Appendix D: Review Guidlines	156
Appendix E: Requirement Specification Format	159
 
INDEX  161