Concurrent Engineering (CE) has gained immense popularity around the world as a means of accelerating product development, reducing cost and increasing quality. CE achieves this by overlapping tasks and executing them in parallel. Different and independent surveys conclude that significant benefits can be achieved as a result of implementing CE. However, CE radically effects the way projects are managed due to the complexities and uncertainty caused by executing tasks with incomplete information. This requires careful planning and organisation prior to implementing CE projects, otherwise...
Concurrent Engineering (CE) has gained immense popularity around the world as a means of accelerating product development, reducing cost and increasin...