Product realization method

A method for managing a process of realizing a product comprising the steps of

• defining the activities and information flow among interconnected ones of the activities,
• allocating resources to and scheduling the defined activities,
• monitoring the allocated resources and outputs of each of the interconnected activities, and
• controlling the process by deriving solutions in response to operation of the monitored activities and dynamically reconfiguring the activities in accordance with the derived solutions and with both user entered and time-variant criteria by selectively modifying the activities in accordance with the monitored activity outputs to maintain continuous optimal design and manufacture of the product.

A method for managing a process of realizing a product comprising the steps of:

• generating directed data flows defining activities interconnected in a precedence relationship to form the product realization process,
• simulating operation of the generated activity directed data flows,
• allocating resources to and scheduling the defined activities of each activity,
• determining status of each activity,
• estimating time required to perform each activity,
• receiving status of an initiation and completion of activities and of the allocation of the resources,
• deriving solutions in response to operation of the activities for enabling reconfiguration of the product realization process and assigning classification codes to each derived solution identifying resulting design and manufacture changes of the product,
• selecting ones of the derived solutions in accordance with the assigned classification codes, and
• modifying ones of the activities in accordance with the selected solutions to maintain optimal design and manufacture of the product.