Engineering Project Management

Concurrent Engineering (CE) and Integrated Product Development (IPD) practices maximize the use of available resources and keep development time and costs minimized. This is the overall scope in which we frame the projects we manage. Development and engineering emphasis is placed on Design For Manufacturing (DFM) methodologies to make the transition from pre-production prototypes to full production product as smooth as possible.

We start by working with you to create a project management plan. Before creating any product development or engineering project plan, it's important to:

Begin conceptual design activities;
Identify the business requirements in measurable goals;
Review the current business operations;
Determine financial costs & benefits;
Identify stakeholders, users and support personnel;
Estimate project costs, tasks, deliverables, and schedule.

At a minimum, product development and engineering project plans must define the:

Scope of the project;
External dependencies;
The deliverables of the project;
The project schedule;
The project budget.

Additional definitions can include:

Scope of work and work activities breakdown;
Identifying activities needed and their logical sequence;
Estimating the resource requirements for the activities;
Estimating time and cost for activities;
Risk planning
Communications planning;
Define team member roles and responsibilities;
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