Engineering change management implementation at a South African defence company
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2020
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Johannes, Nicola Liesel
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Abstract
Engineering change management can be defined as controlling a change of a
product when it is already released in production or has been previously
produced. Engineering change management is a function of configuration
management in the complex engineering environment. This research report is
a case study on the engineering change process as it happens in a defence
company in South Africa. A literature study on engineering changes is done,
a theoretical pattern created for the study and then the literature is compared
to an observation pattern that was created by collecting data from interviews
and reviewing documents. The theoretical pattern is compared to the
observation pattern using Trochim’s framework for pattern matching. The
results are discussed and opportunities for improvement are given to the
company.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built
Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in
Engineering.