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

Identifying Potential

Business planning

Product Identification

Product Development

Product Conceptualisation

Design & Elaboration

Product Integration

Service Development

Service Conceptualisation

Service Planning

Service Integration

Production System Development

Production System Requirements Analysis

Production System Conceptualization

Work Planning

Production System Integration

Implementation Planning

Implementation Monitoring

Cross-Sectional Process

Project Planning

Project Controlling

Decision Making

Risk Management

Configuration Management

Informations Management (ISO)

Measuring Process (KPIs)

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

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Reference Process of Engineering

The reference process provides an idealized overview of the individual processes in engineering.It structures the phases of engineering (also called cycles) into areas of responsibility, process steps, and activities.
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