Vector Consulting Services Newsletter September 2009
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Vector Consulting Services Newsletter September 2009 |
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Dear Reader,
At the recent Vector Forum more than sixty managers discussed how to establish efficient win win partnerships. Experts from Alcatel-Lucent, BMW, Daimler, Diehl, Vector Consulting Services and ZF showed how to practically improve the cooperation between OEMs and their suppliers.
The take up of the Requirements Interchange Format (RIF) has progressed rapidly over the last two years starting with the automotive and now spreading to domains such as medical and aerospace. Our overview describes typical requirements engineering collaboration scenarios together with our recommendations to mitigate risks and thus effectively manage complex supplier relationships. We show how RIF is applied in order to share, communicate and collaborate across different tools.
Increasing cost pressure, shorter innovation cycles, global competition and growing saturation in many markets demand efficiency improvement in product development. Successful organizations consider efficiency improvements an investment in their future. Is the current situation with all its cost cutting measures the right time for process improvement? Yes. If done well and with good guidance on the necessary change management, process improvements will lead to quick wins and improved efficiency.
Our world and society are shaped and governed by embedded systems. It's difficult to imagine day-to-day life without such systems. IEEE Software and IEEE Computer in their May 2009 issues have summarized insights and experiences from Vector Consulting Services, Siemens and world-renown Capers Jones on trends and evolution in embedded software.
Humor also means being able to laugh in the pace of adversity. This is true throughout the entire product lifecycle. Allow yourself two minutes to watch the way a product typically evolves.
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