ABSTRACT
Whetheryouhaveamanualsystemoranautomatedsystemfor processingproposedchangestoaproduct,themajorrequirementsfor theengineeringchangeprocessingsystemarethesame.Theyareas follows:
10.1MajorRequirements
l.Limitchanges.Somehowwithinyourchangeprocessingsystem youmusttrytolimitthenumberofchanges.Forinstance,byanalyzingachangeinthefirstplaceastoitsneed,itscostandthe feasibilityoftheproposedsolutionoftheproblemwemayfind thatthechangeitselfistotallyunnecessary.InmyseminarsI havetoldpeoplethatifeachengineeringdepartmenthadasixfoot highneonlightsignthatreads,"Isthischangereallyneeded?",we couldpossiblylimitthenumberofchangesinoursystematany time.
