Premium
8.1.2 Improving the VVT Process: Evaluating the SysTest Results in Six Industrial Pilot Projects
Author(s) -
Hoppe Markus,
Engel Avner
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2005.tb00737.x
Subject(s) - rework , business , process (computing) , manufacturing engineering , product (mathematics) , process management , new product development , operations management , computer science , engineering , marketing , mathematics , geometry , embedded system , operating system
Many companies experience extensive product rework and failure cost due to ineffective Verification, Validation, and Testing (VVT). Therefore, there is a great potential benefit in streamlining and optimizing the VVT process. To that end, a consortium of eight European companies, research institutes, and organizations conducted the SysTest project. The stated aim of SysTest was to “…decrease product development cost and time to market by 10%“. SysTest intended to achieve this aim by developing a generic methodology and process model to support the process of systems' VVT. This paper describes the results of using the SysTest products in six industrial pilot projects. The diverse pilot projects have shown that the SysTest products are applicable in different industries. Specifically, each project was able to use most components of the SysTest methodology and process model and the pilot projects conducted by the industrial partners exhibited an average of nearly 8% project cost reduction with standard deviation of about 15%.