The Keys to Successful Project Planning and Execution

Objective: How to write the project proposal plans and contract; how to select, develop and motivate the project team; and new tools and concepts for improving project management.

Innovative Product Development

Objective: Gain knowledge of what efficient and effective processes and management practices organizations use to guide their development work across their portfolio of projects; and understand how a project team’s decisions impact competitive performance.

Project Metrics: Design, Evaluation, and Implementation

Objective: Assist engineering professionals in discerning the financial measurement used in assessing bottom line performance; and introduce the use of metrics in business environment.

Robust Design

Objective: Overview of tools and processes used in developing designs. For the focus of this class, a robust design is one that; "Meets and/or exceeds the expectations of our customers with regards to cost, quality and cycle time.

Objective: Techniques and methodologies of risk management in engineering and managerial settings; and lengthy lectures substituted by team-based problem solving, simulations, & learning games.

 

Objective: Supplier selection and development; life at the end of a supply chain; and creating lean suppliers