Böcker i Wiley Series in Engineering and Technology Management-serien

ISO 9000 is the abbreviation for the quality standard set by the International Standards Organization (ISO). Many books have been written on the management role in adopting ISO guidelines. This will be the first to focus on those individuals at the heart of industry - the product managers and developers.

Reviews basic principles and presents techniques for evaluating and making decisions about investments and the acquisition of capital projects in industry and the private sector. Provides management and control techniques for construction of facilities or installation and operation of machinery and equipment.

How to improve decision--making skills in realistic situations and do it in a reasonably nonmathematical fashion. Develops practical techniques for deciding upon the best strategies in a variety of situations. Provides methods for reducing complex problems to easily--drawn decision diagrams (trees), supported by real--world examples.

The first and only step--by--step guide to selecting the best R&D projects In todaya s fiercely competitive global economy, so much depends on making the correct R&D project choice.

Describes principles and methodologies necessary to build efficient and highly productive work systems in high tech organizations that must develop and deploy new products in a timely fashion with competitive advantage.