Stefan Ott
University of Wuppertal, Faculty Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety Engineering, Wuppertal, Germany
Petra Winzer
University of Wuppertal, Faculty Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety Engineering, Wuppertal, Germany
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Published in: 10th QMOD Conference. Quality Management and Organiqatinal Development. Our Dreams of Excellence; 18-20 June; 2007 in Helsingborg; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 26:73, p.
Published: 2008-02-15
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ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Being ahead means knowing the art of cultivating knowledge and making profit of what is already there. In terms of using methods this means; that it can’t be a researchers aim to reinvent the wheel; but it definitely must be the aim to widen the scope so that openness leads to an efficient use of established methods or approaches. Quality management methods like FMEA; FTA or others have been successfully used in development approaches of the last years and consequently; engineers are familiar with those methods. The problem is that they are in most cases used as stand-alonesolutions and the gained information is only merged in the experiences of the teams; or in case of different users; only put together in the documentation.
In terms of information being ahead means consistently using the information that is already produced. Hence; results are not just put together but merged; re-used; enhanced and cultivated to a continuously growing data pool.
As developing a product (including also non-hardware systems or services) is not a linear process - there are steps back; loops; simultaneous parts; concurrent ways or other events which makes it unpredictable - being ahead means also having the data prepared and accessible when necessary.
PLC-adapted development; Synergetic Method Combination; Demand Compliant Design (DeCoDe); FMEA; Systems Engineering
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DIN (2006); „DIN EN 60812 – Analysetechniken für die Funktionsfähigkeit von Systemen - Verfahren für die Fehlzustandsart- und -auswirkungsanalyse (FMEA) (IEC 60812:2006)“; Beuth Verlag; Berlin.