scholarly journals Project + Lifecycle Together

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (02) ◽  
pp. 36-37
Author(s):  
Jean Thilmany
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Realistic View ◽  
Closing The Loop ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Project Lifecycle ◽  
Insight Into

This article discusses the advantages of integrating project portfolio management (PPM) with product lifecycle management (PLM) software for project planning. Many engineering companies are now stepping forward to integrate their PPM and PLM systems for more close-up project planning. By tying the two systems, engineering firms are better able to manage time spent on specific projects, to get an overarching and realistic view of where the project stands, to stay on the schedule and to meet specific goals. The tied systems also allow engineers to get a broad view of the project that extends beyond their engineering piece. In engineering companies, where the project status is inevitably tied to the engineering department, closing the loop between theoretical plans and engineering progress can make for big budgetary savings and offer important insight into product planning. Many engineering companies that do not yet have a PPM system are now considering implementing one to plan their product mixes.

Towards a Unified Product and Project Lifecycle Model (PPLM) for Systems Engineering

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Perelman ◽  
Amira Sharon ◽  
Dov Dori
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Complex Products ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Project Lifecycle

Developing and sustaining complex systems requires collaboration of multidisciplinary teams, coordination of processes, methods and tools, allocation of resources and utilization of adequate facilities within enterprises. The system engineering management comprises three intertwined domains: the product, the project and the enterprise. Despite the obvious links between them, each is carried out using its distinct ontology and toolset. This conceptual separation hinders effective handling of the project and product lifecycle activities within the enterprise. Testing activities of complex products are focused on verifying the performance of increasingly large modules, from software and hardware components, through subassemblies to the entire operational system. What needs to be developed, tested, and delivered is determined by the product requirements, its functions, architecture, components, and their interactions. When each component should and can be developed and tested is determined by the project plan, which is dynamically re-estimated, re-evaluated, and re-planned depending on different parameters such as the project actual status compared with the plan, recourses availability, risks, technological breakthroughs or other impacting issues. Whether carrying out the development mission is feasible is determined by the responsible enterprise, its size, structure, management criteria, other projects running in parallel, commitments, and many other aspects. This paper introduces a unified project-product lifecycle management framework that attempts to address the problems cause by separating the product from the project that is supposed to deliver it within the executing enterprise.

scholarly journals INTEGRATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIE IN CASE OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IN AN INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1887-1896
Author(s):  
Vahid Salehi
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Vehicle Engineering ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Software Engineering Process ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Model Based Systems Engineering ◽  
Industrial Context

AbstractCurrently, inconsistent software versions lead to massive challenges for many car manufacturers. This is partly because within the product lifecycle management and the software engineering process, there is no correct handling of software versions for the “data entry” (installation of software on the ECU) of the vehicles. Furthermore, there are currently major challenges for many vehicle manufacturers to ensure transparency, integrity and full traceability of SW data status vis-à-vis the legislator. To counteract these challenges, new solutions in the field of vehicle engineering are to be developed based on a new platform called “CarEngChainNet” and Blockchain technology. On the basis of the “CarEngChainNet” platform, new main and sub-chain chains will be developed that allow tamper-proof SW data management (Peer to Peer and crypto technology) across the entire PLM chain with new methods such as model-based systems engineering of the requirement, function and integration of the SW components in different areas of vehicle development. The aim is to develop new transmission chains of vehicles with individually packaged software artefacts (e.g. ECU software) that can be securely transmitted from server to server into the vehicle.

scholarly journals Critical Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (06) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Bilello
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Extended Enterprise ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Release Date ◽  
Product Release ◽  
Electrical Engineers ◽  
Lifecycle Management

This article discusses the shift to product lifecycle management (PLM) systems by various mechanical engineering companies. Systems engineers and information-handling experts are joining forces to get a grip on the information explosion, thanks primarily to the timely convergence of systems engineering with digital design and development. PLM supports the extended enterprise. The rationale behind using PLM is to ensure that the ideas and information driving the development of today’s products incorporate best practices and everything learned right up to the product-release date. The rapid increase in electronic controls and software that are being built into key auto components requires that mechanical engineers and electrical engineers work ever more closely together. This highlights the need to integrate the very different approaches to development that the two disciplines use. One of the key functions of PLM is to make sure all the data in those analyses are retained, not just the conclusions.

Leveraging Technology to Support Enbridge’s Project Compliance During Execution

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin D. Gerla
Keyword(s):  
Control Process ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Compliance Management ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Project Lifecycle ◽  
Major Pipeline ◽  
Insight Into

Whether it is an increasingly engaged public demanding a company’s attention to project requirements and commitments or increased expectations of regulators to have project requirements and commitments documented more explicitly than ever, compliance management has become increasingly important for successful project execution. Ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and project commitments is Enbridge’s expectation of all its major pipeline projects. The increased focus on compliance management previously described, combined with the historically high number of major projects currently in execution or planned to be undertaken, has resulted in Enbridge enhancing how it approaches compliance. The key modifications include: 1. Implementing a standard compliance management process across all projects and embedding this process within Enbridge’s major project Lifecycle & Gating Control Process. 2. Leveraging available technology to a greater extent in terms of supporting compliance management. This paper will provide insight into Enbridge’s compliance management process, with particular focus on how software is being used to supplement and enhance the process. Specifically, details with respect to how Enbridge’s compliance software is supporting project planning, reporting and querying, notifications, controls, and documentation, all from the perspective of regulatory compliance.

Requirement Management for the 3D Pavement Model Over the Lifecycle

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Gaelle Le Bars ◽  
Ziad Hajar
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Life Cycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Project Phases ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Project Lifecycle ◽  
Design Construction

This article addresses the structuring of data relating to the pavement that form a part of road infrastructure, and its development throughout a project lifecycle. Modelling of the information necessary for pavement design, construction, operation, servicing and maintenance is proposed. The defined data model is accompanied by a representation of exchanges between actors and of the key processes for management of requirements with product lifecycle management tools. In this use case, the use of a digital model in infrastructure life-cycle management is addressed via the pavement component, with the aims of defining a complete information model associated with pavement, by identifying and structuring the data exchanged between the different actors and in the different project phases. These are represented by the processes within which these exchanges, bringing out the different viewpoints of the actors involved: owners, designers, builders, operators, etc.

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