Organizational Levels

Skills & Education

Skills & Education represent, in addition to the three main areas of Market & Business. Processes & Infrastructure, Technology & Architecture, a fourth orthogonal area in the P4 framework, which deals with the exchange of experience, learning and methods and tools of  special knowledge and experience practices. There can be a separate Community-of-Practice for each of these…

Functional Safety Requirements

These are defined by the following standards, depending on the product type and intended use: Medical devices: ISO 60601, 62304 Automotive: IATF 16949 Industry: ISO 61508, ISO 13489

Inspectable Result

Each team organized within the P4 framework produces inspectable results, i.e. all team results can be checked for completeness and quality according to their acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done. The type of inspectable results can vary greatly depending on the type and responsibilities of the team. It is important that the team’s added…

Integrated System Sample (System increments)

System increments are partial or full integrations of system versions that are verified by internal or external tests and (depending on the degree of regulation) by user or market tests. System increments are often created at cluster level, i.e. by integrating sub-products from the various Teams in a Cluster. For the System increment, P4 has…

Internally provided Services

Internal services are the result of Service Teams.   Common attributes of Teams The minimum requirement for a Team result is that it can be inspected, ie it must be presented in a form that makes it assessable for the Stakeholders (e.g. users of the result). The Definition of Done for the respective results and…

Iteration

The Iteration is a fixed length timebox for each of the Teams within a Cluster and corresponds to a constant basic rhythm. Usually, all Teams within the Cluster choose the same Iteration length, especially if they have interdependencies or supply relationships with each other.   Basically there is a choice between two, three or four…

Feasibility

Eine der wichtigsten K-Gaps in der physischen Produktentwicklung ist die physische “Machbarkeit”.  Diese enthält Fragen wie Gibt es geeignete Wirkprinzipien und welche sind das? -> (Optionen) Gibt es geeignete Materialien?