scholarly journals RISK MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN WOODWORKING INDUSTRY / MEDŽIO APDIRBIMO PRAMONĖS ŠAKOJE VYKDOMŲ INŽINERINIŲ PROJEKTŲ RIZIKOS VALDYMO TOBULINIMAS

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 605-608
Author(s):  
Simona Bartkutė ◽  
Eligijus Toločka
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Time Increase ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Reduce Risk ◽  
Project Coordination ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Engineering Projects ◽  
Management Improvement

Risk is a complex phenomenon that has physical, monetary, cultural and social dimensions. Every company wants to save money, time, increase quality, optimise manufacturing, but each factor may involve different risks with different influence to company, its reputation. The aim of the research is to find better risk management improvement decisions, using techniques that could help to reduce risk impact in wood-based nonstandard production with shorter project time, smoother design process, lower costs, better project coordination, increased ability to manage problems, technical solutions. Santrauka Rizika – tai reiškinys, turintis fizinių, finansinių, kultūrinių irsocialinių aspektų. Kiekviena įmonė nori sutaupyti laiko, pinigų,gerinti produkcijos kokybę, optimizuoti gamybą, tačiau kiekvienasveiksnys gali būti susijęs su įvairiomis rizikomis, skirtingaiveikti įmonės veiklą ir jos reputaciją. Šio tyrimo tikslas – rastitinkamesnius rizikos valdymo tobulinimo sprendimus, naudojantmetodus, padedančius sumažinti rizikos poveikį nestandartiniųmedienos gaminių pramonėje, esant trumpesniam projekto laikotarpiui,sklandesniam projektavimo procesui, mažesnėmsišlaidoms, tobulinant projektų koordinavimą, rizikų valdymą irtechninius sprendimus.

Achieving sustainability through integrating risk management into the architectural design process

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman ◽  
Nermeen Mohamed Amin Abdelwahab
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Design Firms

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework integrating risk management (RM) into the architectural design process (ADP) as an approach for delivering sustainable construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A research methodology, which consisted of literature review and field study, is designed to accomplish four objectives. First, to provide a comprehensive literature review of the concepts of sustainability, ADP and RM. Second, to present and synthesis the results of two relevant studies focused on identifying, quantifying and classifying the risks associated with ADP; and investigating the perception and application of Egyptian architectural design firms (ADFs) towards integrating RM into ADP as an approach for delivering sustainable construction projects. Third, to develop a framework that integrates RM into ADP towards delivering sustainable construction projects. Finally, to draw conclusions and recommendations to improve the practice of delivering sustainable construction projects among ADFs, construction professionals and governmental authorities. Findings ADP is a fundamental phase of the construction process because the decisions adopted during this phase affect the project performance throughout its life cycle. While RM is widely applied in different sectors of the construction industry, its application in ADP received scant attention in construction literature. The research identified 18 key risks that affect the sustainable delivery of construction projects during ADP. The architect, the client and the project manager are the highest ranked responsible parties for the occurrence of these key risks. The field study highlighted the need to develop a framework to facilitate integrating RM into ADP. Research limitations/implications This paper focused only on the integration of RM into ADP. Originality/value The conducted literature review and field study provided an in-depth understanding of the key risks that affect the sustainable delivery of construction projects during ADP. Through its five stages, the proposed framework is expected to serve as a foundation for integrating RM into ADP as an approach for delivering sustainable projects. This ideology has received scant attention in construction literature. The developed framework represents a synthesis that is novel and creative in thought and adds value to the knowledge in a manner that has not previously occurred.

Optimising building performance through integrating risk management and building information modelling during the design process

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman ◽  
Fatma Othman Alamoudy
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information

Purpose This paper aims to develop a framework for optimising building performance through the integration between risk management (RM) and building information modelling (BIM) during the design process. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this aim, a research strategy consisting of literature review, case studies and survey questionnaire is designed to accomplish four objectives. First, to examine the concepts of design process, building performance, RM and BIM; second, to present three case studies to explain the role of using RM and BIM capabilities towards optimising building performance; third, to investigate the perception and application of architectural design firms in Egypt towards the role of RM and BIM for enhancing building performance during the design process; and finally, to develop a framework integrating RM and BIM during the design process as an approach for optimising building performance. Findings Through literature review, the research identified 18 risks that hamper optimising building performance during the design process. In addition, 11 building performance values and 20 BIM technologies were defined. Results of data analysis showed that “Design budget overrun”, “Lack of considering life cycle cost” and “Inefficient use of the design time” were ranked the highest risks that affect the optimisation of building performance. Respondents ranked “Risk avoid” or “Risk transfer” as the most risk responses adopted in the Egyptian context. In addition, “BIM As Built” was ranked the highest BIM technology used for overcoming risks during the design process. These findings necessitated taking action towards developing a framework to optimising building performance. Originality/value The research identified the risks that affect optimising building performance during the design process. It focuses on improving the design process through using the capabilities of BIM technologies towards overcoming these risks during the design process. The proposed framework which integrates RM and BIM represents a synthesis that is novel and creative in thought and adds value to the knowledge in a manner that has not previously occurred.

Risk management in the design of engineering projects as sociotechnical systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 85-99
Author(s):  
Bryan R. Moser ◽  
Ralph T. Wood ◽  
Kazuo Hiekata
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems ◽  
Engineering Projects

OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS IN SYSTEM DESIGN OF SUBMARINES DURING THE EARLY PHASES

2021 ◽  
Vol 157 (A1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Nordin
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Customer Participation ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
System Effect ◽  
Operational Analysis ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Initial Design ◽  
Simulation Based Design ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Early Phases

This paper presents a new method for operational analysis (OA) as a tool in simulation based design (SBD) for Naval Integrated Complex Systems (NICS), here applied to the submarine domain. An operational analysis model is developed and described. The first step of the design process is to identify and collect the needs from the customer and stakeholders, from which requirements can be deduced and designed in an organized way, i.e. requirement elucidation. It is important to evaluate the benefits or penalties of each requirement on the design as early as possible during initial design. Thus the OA-model must be able to evaluate requirements aggregated in synthesised ships such as initial concepts, i.e. Play-Cards, as representations of a submarine concept in the functions domain where the first set of requirements are designed, and establish their Measure of Capability (MoC) and Measure of Effectiveness (MoE). The work has resulted in an OA-model for submarine design that can be used during the development and for evaluation during the life cycle of a submarine system. The purpose of integrating OA in the design process is to explore the design space and evaluate not only technical solutions and cost but also the system effect in the early phases and thereby find and describe a suitable design room. This will generate a more rapid knowledge growth compared to the classic basic ship design procedures which focus on technical performance and cost. It is expected that we not only reach a higher level of knowledge about the design object but also achieve higher precision in the compliance to needs and deduced and designed requirements by the use of an OA-model as an integrated tool during initial design. This approach also invites customer participation within the framework of integrated project teams.

A Survey of FPGA Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Methodology and Applications

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Liu ◽  
Zhonghai Lu ◽  
Wolfgang Kuehn ◽  
Axel Jantsch
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Dynamic Reconfiguration ◽  
Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Reconfigurable Design ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Time Division ◽  
Engineering Projects

FPGA Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration (DPR or PR) technology has emerged and become gradually mature in the recent years. It provides the Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) capability in utilizing on-chip resources and leads to significant benefits in comparison with conventional static designs. However, the partially reconfigurable design process features additional complexity and technical requirements to the FPGA developers. Hence, PR design approaches are being widely explored and investigated to systematize the development methodology and ease the designers. In this paper, the authors collect several research and engineering projects in this area and present a survey of the design methodology and applications of PR. Research aspects are discussed in various hardware/software layers.

Wellsite Risk Management Improvement Including Human Factors

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Knode ◽  
Doug Schonacher ◽  
Norman Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Management Improvement

Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Variations During Medical Device Lifecycle

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilham H. Ibrahim ◽  
Constantin Chassapis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Device Development ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Management Procedure

The majority of medical devices are monitoring devices. Therefore, data communication and analysis are playing a crucial rule in predicting the effectiveness and reliability of a device. Device related data, patient related data and device-patient related data stored in Data Bases (DBs) are great sources for enhancing either new designs or improving already existing ones. Analyzing such data can provide researchers and device development teams with a complete justification and patterns of interest about a device’s performance, life and reliability. Data can be formulated into stochastic models based their statistical characteristics to consider the variability in data and the uncertainty about processes and procedures during early stages of the design process. This strengthens the device’s ability to function under a broader range of operating conditions. The work herein aims at targeting unwanted variations in device performance during the device development process. It employs a novel technique for variation risk management of device performance based historical process data modeling and visualization. The introduced technique is a proactive systematic procedure comprises a tool set that is being placed in the larger framework of the risk management procedure and fully utilizing data from the DBs to predict and address the risk of variations at the early stages of the design process rather than at the end of each major stage.

Wilding liability in education: Introducing the concept of wide risk as counterpoint to narrow-risk-driven educative practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 147821032097809
Author(s):  
Chris Beeman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Learning Outdoors ◽  
Reduce Risk ◽  
Over Time

Consideration of risk and liability in outdoor educative practice has normally been limited to the narrow risks, usually to physical health, of incidents that can cause a particular injury. In this view of risk management, the more readily controlled the circumstance, the less likelihood of risk and consequent liability. Thus, to reduce risk, learning in the natural world is often avoided because it occurs in far more complex and less controllable contexts than human-created ones. However, wider and more grave risks to physical, emotional and mental health that may accrue through a life that is lived in separation from the natural world are not often considered or evaluated. In part, this may be because these kinds of risks are less immediately evident, and liability for negative outcomes may be more difficult to measure. Thus, there is less incentive to consider them. However, delayed outcomes are still outcomes. To consider easily discerned narrow risk alone, while ignoring more complex and longer-term wide risk, is no excuse for avoiding the ethical responsibility that public education carries to provide both the safest and most fecund context for learning. This paper introduces the concept of wide risk as a counterpoint to the narrow risk calculations now performed, and argues that in incorporating an understanding of wide risk in educative practice, at least two results are likely. The first is that learning outdoors will frequently be discovered to be a less risky alternative, if a broad range of outcomes over time are considered. The second is that the value of embracing risk in all aspects of learning ought to become a part of the learning process, and part of what is taught in public schools.

Project review — do you really know where you are?

1994 ◽  
Vol 98 (973) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Balthazor
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Trend Analysis ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Earned Value ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
The Right ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
Engineering Projects

Abstract Project reviews are carried out to enable the right decisions to be taken to achieve project objectives. However, these decisions are often taken on incomplete, optimistic, inaccurate, misleading or simply wrong information. Whilst incompleteness is inevitable with the complex and rapidly changing nature of high technology engineering projects, it is important that the project manager has a good appreciation of the extent to which these other factors may affect the progress information upon which judgements are made. This paper explores a few of the traps the author has come across, and suggests possible approaches to avoid some of them. A systems perspective is recommended, with a focus on risk management, resolving ambiguity, rapid response, trend analysis, earned value principles and taking account of the effects of organisational changes.

scholarly journals Participating in Authentic Engineering Projects Improves Teachers’ Ability to Teach the Design Process to Middle School Students

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Billiar ◽  
Jeanne Hubelbank ◽  
Jared Quinn ◽  
Thomas Oliva ◽  
Marsha Rolle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Design Process ◽  
School Students ◽  
Engineering Projects
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