Engineering
From the Business Idea to Serial Production
The Phases of Engineering
Engineering encompasses all activities involved in the creation of a technical product and, where applicable, any related services.
The engineering processes can be divided into the phases of strategic product planning; product, service, and production-system development; as well as supplementary cross-functional processes:
Strategic Product Planning
Product Development
Service Development
Production System Development
Cross-Sectional Process
Strategic Product Planning
Initial situation analysis
Carry out foresight
Evaluate success potential and risks
Define the strategic direction
Generate product ideas
Generate service ideas
Derive initial requirements
Develop business strategy
Design a business model
Define product strategy
Draft a business plan
Product Development
Derive development order
Define the project
Analyze stakeholder requirements
Analyze the system
Derive system requirements
Specify functions
Specify system architecture
Develop test specifications
Refine mechanical requirements
Specify mechanical concept
Develop prototype
Integrate mechanics
Verify and validate mechanical development
Refine electronics requirements
Specify electronics concept
Develop prototype
Integrate electronics
Verify and validate electronics development
Refine software requirements
Specify software concept
Implement software
Integrate software
Verify and validate software development
Plan integration
Integrate model
Conduct simulation
Integrate product
Perform verification and validation
Release product
Service Development
Derive development order
Define the project
Analyze stakeholder requirements
Describe the service process
Develop the service concept
Derive service components
Derive component requirements
Derive functions
Define hardware requirements
Define software requirements
Define (customer) interfaces
Describe roles of internal and external service actors
Plan implementation
Specify the service concept
Develop test specifications
Create component prototype
Conduct component tests
Integrate components
Verify and validate the service system
Design the process
Test the service
Release the service system
Production System Development
Plan production system objectives
Identify fundamental requirements
Plan production system structure
Plan factory layout
Plan equipment
Plan logistics
Plan workflows
Plan work equipment
Plan workstations
Plan material flow
Carry out system setup
Plan system commissioning
Perform system commissioning
Conduct series production start-up
Cross-sectional processes
Define the project
Plan project resources
Create the (technical) quality plan
Initiate the project
Evaluate project performance
Monitor and control the project
Close out the project
Plan decision-making activities
Analyze decision-support information
Track and follow up on decisions
Plan the risk management process
Maintain risk profiles
Analyze risks
Treat and mitigate risks
Monitor risks
Evaluate the risk management process
Plan configuration management
Execute configuration management
Plan information management
Execute information management
Plan measurements
Conduct measurements
Evaluate measurement results
Reference Process of Engineering
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