Best-in-class companies use design concurrency

Best-in-class companies use design concurrency

My blog 2 weeks ago spoke about how companies achieve best in class status thru the use of 6 basic practices.  These are highlighted on the web site as enablers for companies to meet their aggessive business goals.  The first one was “Design Flow Concurrency”.  This is the practice of having multiple designers able to work on the same task simultaneously as well as having multiple tasks perfromed concurrently.

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Some areas where simultaneous design can be practiced include:

• Multiple engineers doing schematic entry
• Multiple engineers and CAD designers doing constraint entry
• Multiple designers doing layout using Mentor’s Xtreme technology
• The ability for digital, RF and analog designers to layout and simulate on the same PCB
• The ability for the team to design the FPGAs and PCB concurrently

True, integrated concurrent design means enabling multidiscipline teams across the enterprise and supply chain to engage in open, visible concurrent design, without database partitioning. Designers can observe other team members’ changes in real time, staying aware of how the final requirements of the design will be impacted. This type of collaboration does more than just optimize and streamline product development—it also leads to new opportunities and efficiencies being uncovered and capitalized on during the design process.

There are some webinars and videos you might be interested in to learn haw these practices can be applied in your company.

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