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concurrent engineering |
emphasizes cross-functional integration and concurrent development of a product and it's associated processes |
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quality function deployment (QFD) |
a process that helps a company determine the product charactistics important to the consumer and to evaluate its own product in relation to others |
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house of quality |
a matrix that helps a product design team translate customer requriemetsn into operating and engineering goals |
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value analysis / value engineering (VA/VE) |
analysis with the purpose of simplifying products and processes by achieveing equivalent or better performance at a lower cost |
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ecodesign |
the incorporation of environmental considerations inot the design and development of products or services. These concerns relate to the entire life cycle |
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work breakdown structure (WBS) |
the hierarchy of project tasks, subtasks, and work packages - "various levels " |
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pure project |
a structure for organizing a project where a self-contained team works full time on the project "skunkworks" |
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matrix project |
a structure that blends the functional (people) and pure (departments) project structures |
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functional project |
team members are assigned from the functional (departments) units of the organization |
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critical path |
the sequence(s) of activities in a project that form the longest chain in terms of their time to complete |
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slack time |
the time that an activity can be delayed without delaying the entire project; the difference between the late and early start times of an activity |
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early start schedule |
a project schedule that lists all activities by their early start times |
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late start schedule |
a project schedule that lists all activities by their late start times - may create cost savings by postponing purchases of material and other costs associated with the project |
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time-cost models |
extension of the critical path models that considers the trade-off between the time required to complete an activity and the cost. This is often referred to as "crashing" the project |
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immediate predecessors |
activities that need to be completed immediately before another activity |
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FORMULA: Expected Time |
ET = (a + 4m + b) / 6 |
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Earned value management (EVM) |
technique that combines measures of scope, schedule, and cost for evaluating project progress |
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Gantt Chart |
shows in a graphic manner the amount of time involved and the sequence in which activaties can be performed. Similar to HORIZONTAL BAR CHART |
