The Silver Bullet Skunk Works: Holistic design of the answering system 1300

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5241532

Andrews, A K

The Silver Bullet Skunk Works, and experimental product realization team at AT T Consumer Products, designed and shipped a new telephone answering system to market in eight months, approximately one year faster than previous AT T products of similar complexity. This paper outlines the Design for X'' (DFX) philosophies and the team structure that enabled the group to accelerate the Product Realization Process. The Answering System 1300, developed in record time, was a successful product that met its schedule and cost objectives, and sold out its entire high-volume manufacturing run. Lessons learned from the Skunk Works experience have since been applied to other development activities in AT T Consumer Products. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5241532
• Report Number(s): SAND-91-1340C; CONF-911237-1; ON: DE91015336
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. Department of Energy workshop on CAE, Knoxville, TN (United States), 29 Dec 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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