The Jaguar project‚ which was a project undertaken by Teradyne Corporation‚ the World’s largest supplier of equipment for testing semiconductors. The aim of the project was to develop a highly flexible tester platform that could be easily adjusted to the needs of different device segments. It was a critical project that will determine the ability and success of Teradyne to compete in the market‚ especially that the market need was drastically shifting towards flexible tester platforms rather than
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Background 3 Teradyne 3 The Semiconductor Industry 3 Teradyne Culture 4 Jaguar Project 4 Situational Analysis 5 Project Retrospective 6 Lack of Experience 6 Poor quality 6 Late action 6 Escalation of Commitment 6 Project Management tools usage 6 What should have been done? 6 Way to move forward 7 Executive Summary Background Teradyne Teradyne is a 45 year old corporation specialized in testing equipment for transistors and other electrical components of the semiconductor industry. The company was founded
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Before Teradyne introduced their Jaguar Project in 2001‚ which should become a revolutionizing project management concept‚ the company tried different project scheduling tools such as the TQM or the APP. However there were not any significant improvements in the project planning and execution‚ which the company seniors were looking for. These project management tools required the employees to approach projects in a very regulated way‚ which they thought of as an intrusion to their free working culture
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Case #2: Teradyne Corp: The Jaguar Project questions 1. Compare and contrast Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategy to the approach it used in Jaguar? What was similar? What was different? Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategy lacked structure and discipline. Projects were poorly planned with limited defined scope and goals. This had caused projects to expand and run over budget due to the poorly defined milestones and goals of the project. With the Jaguar project there
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Breakdown My mentor once told me‚ “You can’t do today’s job with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow.” This was one of many life lessons that my mentor taught me as I entered my brand new career as being a program manager back in 2003. The concept of this quote never really hit home with me until I sat in my first Program Management Review (PMR). As the defense contractor began to explain why the project was behind schedule and why the EVM
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The first speaker ever created was known as the dynamic loudspeaker. It was created in the 1920’s by Edward Kellogg and Chester Rice. The loudspeaker produces a magnetic field which then causes a coil or magnet to move. The coil or magnet is connected to the diaphragm. There are more speakers than just the horn‚ such as‚ such as‚ electrodynamic loudspeaker‚ flat panel - planar‚ electrostatic‚ multi-cell diaphragm and piezoelectric. Speakers are used to produce sound. Sound is an energy which is
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The Jaguar project was not as successful as it should have been‚ not because of bad people or bad processes‚ but because top management failed to provide the cultural and institutional training necessary to effectively implement these substantive cultural changes. Unlike the TQM implementation‚ there was no top management directive to make the cultural value changes to require/mandate/motivate people utilize the new Jaguar process management tools and take ownership in the new technologies‚ strategies
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To illustrate the principles described in the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) Parts 1-6‚ Part 7 is a collection of systems engineering (SE) implementation examples. These examples describe the application of SE practices‚ principles‚ and concepts in real settings. The intent is to provide typical instances of the application of SE so readers can learn from these experiences. This can improve the practice of SE by illustrating to students‚ educators‚ and practitioners the benefits
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What was the Bauhaus and what was its purpose? The Bauhaus was a school of art‚ architecture and design that existed in three German cities including Weimar‚ Dessau‚ and Berlin. The school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and it lasted until 1933. During its time‚ Bauhaus went through different distinct periods under different directors and cities including expressionism‚ constructivism‚ functionalism and architecture. The Bauhaus was the start of modernism‚ at the same time‚ it changed the
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and experiences to their homes. Other changes emerged when women took jobs during and after the war. New machines were created to assist in household chores like washing clothes and preparing food. An important factor that drove these social changes was the increase in education. The number of students attending school doubled and the classes offered to them prepared them for useful jobs. A political change that greatly affected
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