Chapter 12: Requirements and Early-phase Collaboration

Title: PLM as a strategic approach supporting requirements management process

Author(s): Mourad Messaadia, Farouk Belkadi, Thierry Gidel, Nadège Troussier, Benoit Eynard

Address: Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, CNRS – UMR6253 – Roberval, BP 60319, rue du Dr. Schweitzer, 60203 Compiègne, France | Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, CNRS – UMR6253 – Roberval, BP 60319, rue du Dr. Schweitzer, 60203 Compiègne, France | Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, CNRS – UMR6253 – Roberval, BP 60319, rue du Dr. Schweitzer, 60203 Compiègne, France | Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, CNRS – UMR6253 – Roberval, BP 60319, rue du Dr. Schweitzer, 60203 Compiègne, France | Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, CNRS – UMR6253 – Roberval, BP 60319, rue du Dr. Schweitzer, 60203 Compiègne, France

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2009 pp. 575 - 586

Abstract/Summary: During the life of the new products development (NPD) projects, collaboration is usually difficult due to the diversity of suppliers with individual knowledge about projects, products and processes. Based on the major phases of the requirements engineering (RE), this paper proposes a model for OEM/suppliers collaboration to reach the requirements management process. In these phases, OEM will precisely capture stakeholder needs, and takes into account the supplier's propositions earlier in the lifecycle. The concept of virtual organization (VO) is proposed to ensure an efficient collaboration between different partners and the connection between the lifecycles under consideration.

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