Development Integration and Implementation of Engineering Processes at Oerlikon Aerospace

A bstract: In order to reduce cycle time, increase customer satisfaction and lower costs, Oerlikon Aerospace initiated a series of projects to define and implement engineering and management processes. The first initiative, in 1992, defined a software engineering process. A second initiative was started in 1995 with the objective of defining and implementing a systems engineering process, and integrating this process to the software engineering process already in use. We present a brief description of the context, then describe the systems engineering process. Organizational mechanisms to better manage changes are also described. Finally, lessons learned are presented.