DRM Associates provides training in integrated product & process development (IPPD).

INTEGRATED  PRODUCT  AND  PROCESS  DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

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1. WHY IPPD? WHY NOW?

  • The Driving Forces
    • Budgets & Development Cycles
    • Acquisition Streamlining
  • Integrated Product Development - Achievements by Industry
  • A Framework of 180 Best Practices for IPPD

2. IPPD-ORIENTED PROGRAM PLANNING

  • An IPPD Approach Determining Customer Needs & Structuring an RFP
  • Strategies for Acquisition Streamlining with a Customer Proposal
  • Addressing IPPD in a Proposal & Responding to the Perry Memo
  • Developing an Integrated Plan Oriented to IPPD
    • Top-Down Planning of the WBS, SOW and IPT Structure with IMP/IMS
    • IPT Planning and Bottom-Up Validation
  • Starting the Program Right with IPPD
  • Empowered Project Management & Resourcing the Critical Path

3. ORGANIZING FOR IPPD

  • Developing a Program Organization with Integrated Product Teams (IPT's)
    • Role of the Program Management Team
    • Role of the System Integration Team (SIT)
    • Role of the Integrated Product Team
    • Integrating Subcontractors on IPT's
    • Defense Program - Team Structure Case Study
    • Evolving the Role of Customer Representatives on IPT's & SIT's
    • Customer Internal Team Structure
  • Planning Manpower Requirements with IPT's
  • Re-orienting Contractor & Customer Management Practices with Teams
    • What Empowerment Means & Doesn't Mean for Contractor and Customer Personnel
    • Flattening the Contractor & Customer Organization Structure
    • Re-orienting Performance Appraisals & Reward Systems
  • Managing & Supporting Teams
    • Practical Approaches to Collocation & Virtual Collocation as an Alternative
    • "Internal" & "External" Factors Affecting Team Success
    • Team Leader Responsibilities
    • Developing Effective Team Collabora-tion and Decision-Making
    • Collaboration Exercise
    • Realistic Team Development and Training

4. DEFINING, MANAGING & FLOWING DOWN REQUIREMENTS

  • Understanding the Voice of the Customer as a Starting Point
  • Strategies for Insuring Performance-Oriented Requirements
  • Requirements & Specifications Manage-ment
  • Using QFD to Translate Customer Requirements into Product & Process Characteristics
  • Solid Rocket Motor QFD Case Study
  • QFD Product Planning Matrix Exercises
  • Optional Concept Selection, and Deployment Matrix Exercises
  • Integrating Systems Engineering & Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
  • Effective Customer Involvement in Defining & Managing Requirements

5. OPTIMIZING PRODUCT & PROCESS DESIGN

  • Designing a Producible Product
    • Ten Rules of Design for Manufac-turability/Assembly (DFM/A) with Examples
    • Developing Producibility Guidelines
    • Using DFM/A Analysis Tools
  • Designing Quality In
    • Process Capability & Variation Reduction
    • Optional Process Capability Exercise
    • Designing Quality in and Creating a Robust Design through Design of Experiments (DOE)
    • DOE Case Study
    • A Framework for Quality Engineering
  • · Design to Low Cost
    • Ten Steps to Achieve a Design to Cost (DTC) Program
    • Cost as an Independent variable
    • A "Should Cost" Approach to System Acquisition & Development
    • Establishing & Allocating Cost Targets
    • Using Product Cost & Life Cycle Models to Guide Development Decisions
    • Using Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) and the Value Analysis Matrix to Maximize Function vs. Cost
    • FAST Diagram Exercise
    • Activity-Based Costing (ABC) to Improve Decisions Related to Product & Process Design
  • Addressing Reliability, Maintainability, Testability and the Life Cycle During Development

6. ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

  • Using a Common Digital Product Model
    • Product Data Standards & STEP
    • Configuration Management with Product Data Management Systems
    • CALS & Data Interchange with Customers and Suppliers
  • Integrated CAD/CAE Tools to Support IPPD Objectives
    • Solids Modeling, Assembly Modeling & Digital Pre-Assembly
    • Electrical Design Automation (EDA) Tools & Top-Down Design
    • Analysis-Driven Design
    • Rapid Prototyping
  • Integrating Design and Manufacturing with CAD/CAM
  • Knowledge Organization & Design Re-Use
  • Avoiding Technology Pitfalls

7. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

  • Establishing a Repeatable (vs. Ad-Hoc) Development Process
  • Creating Process Flexibility While Maintaining a Common Baseline Process
  • Improving the Development Process with Process Reengineering
  • Using IPPD Metrics and Cost/Schedule Performance to Manage & Improve Development
  • Integrating Design and Production with an Effective Transition Plan

8. IMPLEMENTATION - MAKING IT HAPPEN

  • Assessing Your Product Development Process Against the Best Practices
  • Developing an Overall Improvement Plan
  • Creating a IPD Environment
  • Avoiding the Pitfalls - Applying Lessons Learned