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  1. The Engineering Environment                                     SR1213B
  2.  
  3. This course is designed to train students on the issues and obstacles
  4. confronting engineering management which affect the decisions they
  5. make.  They will do this by gaining specific knowledge of the
  6. competitive world forces (trends in business) that have a direct impact
  7. on our customer's Engineering Environment.
  8.  
  9. STUDENT PROFILE:
  10. CSO sales representatives, sales management, and PSO consultants who
  11. actively sell or support sales of applications or workstations into the
  12. Engineering Environment.
  13.  
  14. PREREQUISITES:
  15. None
  16.  
  17. STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:
  18. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  19. o     Recognize business goals, key issues (Critical Success Factors),
  20.       significant problems (obstacles) and pressures on Engineering
  21.       management and the implications of those for Engineering
  22.       Environment.
  23. o     Identify resources, methods, and tools for improving engineering
  24.       effectiveness.  (Break- even time, Concurrent engineering, Total
  25.       quality, Design for Manufacturability, etc.)
  26. o     List major trends effecting Engineering business goals and
  27.       strategies for MCAD, ECAD, CASE and Scientific Computing.
  28. o     Recognize development as one process within a company, its
  29.       relationship to other processes, its role in the value chain,
  30.       possibilities for integration and the impact on competitiveness.
  31.  
  32. COURSE OUTLINE:
  33. Challenge Test & Answers
  34. Unit 1:     A Process Approach to the Engineering
  35.             Environment
  36. Unit 2:     Establishing Process Metrics
  37. Unit 3:     Improving Process
  38. Unit 4:     Improving Quality
  39. Unit 5:     Conclusion
  40. Glossary
  41. Bibliography
  42.  
  43. TESTING PROCESS:
  44. Self-Assessment Test included in the workbook.  To access Mastery Test,
  45. send an HPDesk message:
  46.  
  47.      To:          Fieldtest ADMIN
  48.      Subject:     SR1213B
  49. A score of 80% or better represents satisfactory completion.
  50.  
  51. FORMAT:          Self Study utilizing student workbook, reference
  52.                  materials and audiotape
  53. LOCATION:        Not applicable
  54. LENGTH:          2-4 Hours
  55. AVAILABILITY:    6/91
  56. EQUIPMENT LIST:  Audio cassette tape player
  57. CLASS SIZE:      Not applicable
  58. ORDERING INFO:   Course under development.  Check Field Training
  59.                  Hotline in August for ordering information.
  60. QUESTIONS:       Contact your Sales Force Program Manager or Country
  61.                  Education Manager
  62. PROGRAM MGR:     Ann Shuman Telnet/508 256-7479
  63.  
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