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Dynamic modeling of product development processes
Author(s) -
Ford David N.,
Sterman John D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
system dynamics review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1099-1727
pISSN - 0883-7066
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1727(199821)14:1<31::aid-sdr141>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , computer science , new product development , process (computing) , concurrence , process management , systems engineering , system dynamics , process development , product (mathematics) , project management , management science , operations research , engineering management , engineering , management , economics , artificial intelligence , geometry , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , quantum entanglement , quantum , programming language , operating system
Successful development projects are critical to success in many industries. To improve project performance managers must understand the dynamic concurrence relationships that constrain the sequencing of tasks as well as the effects of and interactions with resources (such as labor), project scope and targets (such as delivery dates). This article describes a multiple‐phase project model which explicitly models process, resources, scope, and targets. The model explicitly portrays iteration, four distinct development activities and available work constraints to describe development processes. The model is calibrated to a semiconductor chip development project. Impacts of the dynamics of development process structures on research and practice are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.