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The phrase “throwing good money after bad” can be all too relevant when developing new engineering. Although it is possible to bring new technologies and concepts to an organization, there is no guarantee that they will be implemented. All too often, a new machine is bought only to collect dust.
I have not the slightest hesitation in making the observation that much of British management doesn’t seem to understand the importance of the human factor.
Prince Charles, Speech to Parliamentary Committee, February 1979 [1].
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Functionbase is a term created for this book. It refers to a database consisting of procedures, software code, design algorithms, and other information, and is used in distinction from databases that contain data used by and produced by those functions.
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The term Surgical Team draws on the hospital analogy of a highly specialized team of professionals, each with a specific skill, that cooperates and collaborates to achieve specific goals.
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Although many people believe Walt Disney coined this term, it was actually popularized by Alcoa in the 1940s.
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Crowder, J.A., Friess, S. (2013). A New Organization is Needed: Beyond Integrated Product Teams. In: Systems Engineering Agile Design Methodologies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6663-5_5
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