ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT: What is the philosophy behind it? What's important? How do you build, lead and manage a sucessfull product engineering team?
Engineering - what it is...
- Engineering management is the combination of technical and management skills to execute engineering projects (as part of an overall product development program).
- Engineering management is a complex and multi-disciplinary task which requires strong methods to make risk-based decisions in timely manner.
Engineering - how it works...
- Engineers are smart. They are capable to find a solution for every problem as long as they can focus on their work.
- Engineering management provide the necessary environment, space, communication and leadership so that the team can develop efficiently and effective.
Engineering - why it's done...
- The product design activities as part of the overall development phase largely determines the product performance and life cycle costs. Therfore, engineering management’s main responsibility is to ensure a design to cost and the development of a ‘relevant’ product – meeting and exceeding customer expecations.