Plastic Parts Failure Analysis
Elements of a Successful Plastic Product Part Design Mold Design Material Selection Processing Principles of Plastic Part Design Nominal Walls Ribs and Other Projections Holes and Other Depressions Designing for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) Design Properties versus Inherent Properties of Materials Mold Design Considerations Mold Steel Selection Managing Polymer Flow in the Mold – Runners…
Project Portfolio Management for Executives in Depth
I. Introduction What is PFM? Fundamental PFM concepts Measuring your investment in projects What’s at stake; why PfM matters Portfolio success rests on project success Benefits of a formal approach to PfM II. PfM Process Overview The PfM process PfM governance structures PfM process groups PfM stakeholders Steps for improving the PfM process III. Portfolio…
Project Portfolio Management for Executives
Introduction What is PfM? Fundamental PfM concepts Measuring your investment in projects What’s at stake; why PfM matters Portfolio success rests on project success Benefits of a formal approach to PfM PfM Process Overview The PfM process PfM governance structures PfM process groups PfM stakeholders Steps for improving the PfM process Portfolio Definition Portfolio overview…
People in Projects: Foundation for Project Success
Introduction Project success and failure Human Factors at work How people are the source of project success Responsibilities of management in projects Defining project roles Critical project processes Project Manager: Leveraging the power of each project role Role of Management Responsibilities of management in projects Management Best Practices Assessment of current management practice Role of…
Thinking Out of the Box: A Systems Engineering Imperative
Introduction Conventional Wisdom What’s Inside and What’s Outside Possible Benefits Overview of Systems Engineering Elements Customer-defined Developer-defined Complex Systems Problems Systems People Software Management Overview: Thinking Outside the Box The Inventive Mind Management Thinking Technical Thinking Broaden and Generalize Architecting Functional Decomposition Systems of Systems Crossover The Concept Software Applications Building/Managing New Systems Conventional Wisdom…
Leading/Facilitating Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
Day 1 RCFA Concepts RCFA philosophy and the four-step problem solving approach Troubleshooting vs. failure analysis Case Study: The Mast Mounted Sight Group Discussion: Current failure analysis challenges Role of the RCFA Leader Leadership, management, and motivation Situational leadership Instilling a sense of time-based urgency Incident resolution vs. more in-depth root cause failure analyses Keeping…
Structured Use Case Descriptions
Introduction to Requirements Documentation Requirements process overview Documentation standards Audience Functional and non-functional requirements Use case concepts Understanding the context diagram Components of a Functional Requirements Specification Creating an information flow diagram for a business process Flow diagram notation and examples Elements of a use case description Alternatives vs. extensions Main Success Scenarios Writing an…
Wireless for Federal Govt.: Technologies and Security
Day 1 – Software Defined and Cognitive Radio Software Defined Radio Radio Architectures Reconfigurable Embedded Processing Hardware/Software Architectures Signal Processing Protocol Processing Research Challenges: Latency, Scalability, Management Cognitive Radio Planning Algorithms Machine Learning Policy Radios Learning Radios Radio Parameter Optimization Spectrum Sensing Dynamic Spectrum Access Emerging Spectrum Policy TV Whitespace National Broadband Plan Role of…
LTE Optimization
Introduction to LTE/SAE Evolution of wireless networks 3GPP releases to date EPS (E-UTRAN and EPC) logical architecture EPS interfaces EPC (Evolved Packet Core) architecture SAE/LTE interfaces Physical Layer Procedures Synchronization procedures Timing synchronization Radio link monitoring Intercell synchronization Power control: Uplink/downlink Random access procedures: Preample selection Channel quality: Channel Quality Indication (CQI) Report Precoding Matrix…
Optical Networking for Managers
Introduction to optical networks and communications Overview of fiber optical communications systems Fundamental drivers behind use of light as a communications medium History of optical network technology. Digital representation of signals OSI protocol stack Basic physics review Physical principles of optical fiber Basic principles of optics as applied to fiber optic devices Summary of relevant…