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Process Lessons Learned

Further improvements in cycle time could have been achieved if the team's request for a full time structural engineer had been provided by the Steering Committee. This highlights the need for good communications. Listen to the team.

With four design reviews scheduled during the MSD design, the reduction of preparation, presentation and rework time in comparison to the SSD#1 approach to design reviews is signif- icant. The 11 week reduction in cycle time can largely be attributed to the In-Process Design

Review approach and the existence of an improved design process.

Metrics Lessons Learned

During the MSD design, product and process metrics were applied more by the team.

Product wise, the team developed a few more techniques for in-process monitoring and review. As more concrete product metric data was collected and applied to the design, the more receptive the Steering Committee became to the metric concept. As for process metrics, the team was still struggling somewhat with wrnfpsi

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Unknowingly, the seeds where planted at this time for the development of a true performance team.

AUTHORS

Richard DeVries - ERAM Team Leader-

InfoTech Enterprises, Inc.

Rusty DuPont - CAD Designer - InfoTech

Enterprises, Inc.

Dave Filipek - Technology Assessment

Consultant - A&T / Vector Research

Ben Kassel - Navy MIS Manager - David

Taylor Model Basin

Paul Rakow - System Engineer - Designers &

Planners

Jake Robinson - CAD Designer - Designers &

Planners

Nancy Russell - CAD Designer - David Taylor

Model Basin

Ronald Selvidge - Technology Assessment

Consultant - A&T / Vector Research

Michael Wade - Ship Producibility Branch

Manager - David Taylor Model Basin

ERAM Team Participants for the MSD Design

Country Company Name Expertise

U.S. D&P Richard DeVries Team Leader

U.S. D1MB Ben Kassel MIS Manager

U.S. Avondale Shipyard Watson Perrin, II Arrangements,

HVAC

Brazil CONSUNAV Jorge Ribeiro Arrangements,

Piping

U.S. D&P Frank Woronkowicz Control Systems

U.S. Bath Iron Works Steve Bradbury Arrangements,

Piping

U.S. Bath Iron Works Mark Cote Arrangements,

Piping

U.S. NASSCO Mike Barton Arrangements,

Piping

U.S. NASSCO Lee Dunedift Arrangements,

Piping

Finland Wartsila Seppo Rautava Arrangements,

SSDG

Denmark Odense Carsten Sjoberg Arrangements,

Piping

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CAD designers from Designers & Planners,

Inc., InfoTech Enterprises, Inc. and DTRC.

Other resources/expertise utilized on a part- time or rotating basis included: A&T/Vector

Research (management consulting); Alfa

Laval (fuel treatment); Allweiler (pumps);

Boll & Kirch (filters and strainers); Crowley

Marine (ship operator); D&P (electrical and structural engineering); Maersk Lines (ship operator); and Tranter (heat exchangers).

The Strategic Design Method (SDM) was uti- lized to define the two outputs of the project: the Team Process and the Engine Room

Arrangement Models. The Team Process would evolve during the four engine room designs and be documented at the conclusion of the project as the USER's GUIDE.

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