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Author:   Geoff Vincent
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.266kg
ISBN:  

9781468475043

ISBN 10:   1468475045
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   14 April 2012
Recommended Age:   18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Opportunity, Risk and Benefit.- Market opportunities.- Risk versus benefit.- Timing.- The competitive approach.- 2 Concept to Launch: The Development Cycle.- Project phases.- Idea.- Feasibility study.- Laboratory model.- Development.- Production engineering.- Production.- Trials.- Launch.- 3 Setting the Goal.- Projects.- The project leader.- Decision making.- Defining the need.- The requirement specification.- Goal setting.- Managing change.- Roles.- Product issues.- Single point responsibility.- Department versus function.- Status and role.- Motivation.- 4 Seeing in the Dark: The Need to Plan.- Why plan?.- Planning tools.- Planning techniques.- Network notation.- Creating a plan.- Planning in practice.- The critical path.- Resourcing.- What if…?.- Squeezing the plan.- Working with plans.- 5 Organising for Success.- Meetings.- Specifications.- Document control.- Managing change.- Working together.- Purchasing.- Reviews.- 6 Cost and Time.- Estimating.- The cost of change.- Managing cost and time.- Tracking expenditure.- Product cost.- 7 Understanding Technologies.- Managing technology.- Electronics.- Software.- New technologies.- Appendix A: Document Control.- Appendix B: Change Control.- Appendix C: Functional Specification.- Appendix D: Review Guidlines.- Appendix E: Requirement Specification Format.

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