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DEVELOPING A TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT TOOL
Author(s) -
Brown Dean D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1994.tb01782.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , computer science , interface (matter) , quality (philosophy) , data collection , manufacturing engineering , product (mathematics) , process management , systems engineering , database , software engineering , engineering , operating system , philosophy , statistics , geometry , mathematics , bubble , epistemology , maximum bubble pressure method
This paper discusses the development of a Technical Performance Measurement (TPM) tool by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The tool is being developed to define and standardize the TPM process, streamline the data entry and reporting process, collect TPM data for analysis, and encourage the use of TPM within Westinghouse. The tool provides several capabilities, including a friendly user interface, network capability, configuration control, report generation, variance reporting, and metrics collection. The tool is implemented using Paradox for Windows, a commercial relational database product. By developing the tool and establishing a TPM library, we are hoping to reduce our process cycle time while also improving the quality of our TPM data.