Auto parts companies, how to do a good job in R&D project management?

Analysis of Problems Existing in Auto Parts R&D Project Management

General R&D enterprises have carried out more project research and accumulated a lot of R&D experience, but there are still many deficiencies in R&D project management. It involves all aspects of project management, which run through the entire life cycle of the project, including R&D process management and cost control. There are also some deficiencies in other aspects, such as project research and development cannot be based on job responsibilities, lack of awareness of project management, and relatively one-sided management experience.

①Lack of project management concept: Most companies focus on processing and research as an auxiliary means. They have not formed a good project management culture for a long time, especially the understanding of project management of R&D projects is more unclear. Some R&D personnel think that R&D project management It's unnecessary, it's worthless.

②The implementation of the project plan cannot be perfected: Although most companies have established a certain workflow suitable for product R&D, at least it seems that they can meet the requirements of enterprise product R&D. In the process of research and development, because it believes that there are certain changes in the designed process, such as some emergencies in the research and development process, it will affect the original research and development plan. Due to the influence of various factors (time, scope of work, market changes, etc.), the existing R&D project workflow is useless, and the established project plan cannot be fully implemented.

③The project lacks perfect process management: Although most companies have designed corresponding R&D processes, most auto parts R&D companies lack perfect R&D processes in terms of completeness and systematicness.

④Insufficient project progress control: There are often delays in the progress of R&D projects. During the survey, it was found that some companies generally design a more accurate project implementation time plan by the project planners in the project R&D progress. However, during the implementation process, generally Under the circumstances, the project development requirements cannot be completed on time.

⑤ The concept of cost management is outdated and the methods are outdated: the R&D system of some enterprises is backward in the concept of R&D cost management and control as a whole, which is manifested as: the definition of cost scope is confusing and incomplete, the purpose of cost requirements is unclear, and cost evaluation methods cannot be used skillfully. And there are cognitive biases in the formation of these ideas.

⑥ Job responsibilities are unclear: In the early days of the company's R&D project team, only a few core members of the R&D center team participated and implemented, and no relevant business departments and subordinate branch personnel participated in the communication. As a result, in the process of project research, relevant departments are required to During coordination, ad hoc communication makes coordination more difficult.

⑦Insufficient information sharing between R&D teams: These phenomena are mainly manifested in that the same research content may appear repeatedly, different small teams do not understand mutual progress, and project development has experience but no knowledge.

⑧The historical data of R&D is not perfect and cannot provide relevant support for follow-up projects. When new R&D projects are divided into work, resource allocation, workload accounting, etc., there are few historical resources or project experience accumulation resources available to the project control team, resulting in large deviations in the formulation of project plans and resource allocation plans.

Auto parts research and development project management strategies

1. Establish awareness and consensus on strengthening auto parts R&D project management

The R&D work of auto parts is not only a single work of enterprise technology and R&D department, but a complex and systematic project that requires centralized enterprise management system and organizational strength. Therefore, in the process of auto parts R&D, it is necessary to establish and strengthen project management. awareness and consensus. It is necessary to improve the concept and understanding of auto parts research and development personnel to accept leadership and obey management, straighten out the relationship between personnel management and project management in the process of auto parts research and development, and root the idea of ​​managing efficiency and effectiveness in auto parts research and development. In the process of personnel and process, it is more effective to enable auto parts research and development to actively adopt the control and specification of project management.

2. Improve the management system of auto parts R&D project

Due to the diverse objectives of auto parts R&D projects, the management system is complex and the functions are numerous, which requires the acceleration of the construction and improvement of the auto parts R&D project management system, so as to comply with the development of auto parts R&D projects and projects. Implementation of management work. On the one hand, it is necessary to formulate a hierarchical system for project management, establish a hierarchical and hierarchical management system centered on the research and development of auto parts, advocate effective communication and mutual coordination at all levels and links, and improve project management through hierarchical decomposition. Through the integration of hierarchical goals, the effectiveness of project management can be improved, and the research and development of auto parts can be better managed and regulated. On the other hand, to establish the fluctuation space of project management, the research and development of auto parts is a creative work, and it is necessary to give a certain free space and fluctuation range to research and development and project management, and use dynamic and adjustment strategies to more broadly restrict and control the auto parts The component research and development process not only improves the pertinence of project management, but also reflects the new ideas of project management of scientific management and humanized management.

3. Comprehensively track the progress and progress of auto parts R&D projects

Project management should establish the time node and progress of auto parts research and development, effectively monitor the auto parts research and development project, and grasp the progress of the auto parts research and development project in a comprehensive and timely manner, so as to make management and management for the research and development of auto parts. measures and responses. It is necessary to highlight the deviation and slow progress of auto parts research and development in management, analyze objective factors and supervisory conditions in management and technology, and adopt targeted measures to adjust the process, reality and status of auto parts research and development, Quickly correct the deviation of auto parts research and development projects, build a new mechanism for project management of auto parts research and development, and provide a management platform for the smooth development of auto parts research and development projects.

4. Handle key issues of auto parts R&D project management

The main factors affecting the research and development of auto parts and restricting project management are that key issues are difficult to grasp and key technologies are difficult to break through. This requires comprehensive prediction and comprehensive research on the technology during the establishment of the auto parts research and development project, with the project management work as a platform, with key technologies and key issues as the core to conduct research on the feasibility of the auto parts research and development project, and then determine The key issues and key technologies in the implementation of auto parts R&D projects, find out the main points and countermeasures to solve the problems and technologies, and further improve the system of auto parts R&D project management, so that the project management can cover the key issues and key issues in the auto parts R&D process. Key technologies, to continuously improve the project management system, while improving the predictability and effectiveness of project management, accelerate the development, progress, implementation and completion of auto parts R&D projects.

5. Improve the process of auto parts R&D project management

Auto parts R & D project management needs to take the road of standardization and process, so as to make the auto parts R & D process and the actual work of project management in a stable, continuous and controllable state. Before the research and development of auto parts, it is necessary to formulate the project process and management system according to the actual conditions of the enterprise and the objective conditions of research and development, implement effective control of key steps, key periods, and important nodes, enrich the means of auto parts research and development project management, and grasp the auto parts and components. The key elements of R&D project management, promote the effective control of the R&D cost of auto parts, improve the smooth and standardized level of project management, establish the R&D project management of auto parts on the basis of reasonable and effective processes, and strengthen the management of auto parts and components. While focusing on the details and focus of component R&D projects, it also achieves comprehensive control over auto parts R&D risks and project implementation management risks.

6. Establish a cost management system for auto parts R&D projects

The management of auto parts research and development projects must highlight the idea of ​​cost management and control, and have a complete set of economic control and cost management ideas for auto parts research and development projects, so as to improve the economy and efficiency of auto parts research and development project management. On the one hand, the concept of cost control should be established in the R&D project of auto parts. Based on the actuality of the R&D cycle of auto parts and the life cycle of auto parts, the cost of R&D of auto parts should be determined in an all-round way, so as to make the use and production of auto parts possible. To further optimize the cost of auto parts, to achieve the role of establishing the economic goal of auto parts research and development costs, and to promote the achievement of the goal of minimizing the cost of auto parts research and development projects. In the management of auto parts R&D projects, it is necessary to establish the core content of cost management. The focus of project management should be based on the central links such as paying attention to costs and controlling expenditures, focusing on the planning of auto parts R&D resources, and formulating auto parts R&D projects. Cost budget, implement effective control over the cost of auto parts R&D projects, and use systematic auto parts R&D project management to effectively predict and control project costs. In the actual operation of auto parts research and development project management, it is necessary to establish a prerequisite cost target management measure, to restrict the process of auto parts research and development with target costs, to implement scientific auto parts research and development project management, and to integrate project management with auto parts. R&D, as the main goal of cost control, realizes that the expenditure and cost in the process of auto parts R&D project management are in a stable and controllable state.

7 Improve the auxiliary system of auto parts R&D project management

As an auto parts research and development project management work, it is necessary to do a good job in the construction of auxiliary systems, so that the project management can be more concentrated on the main business of auto parts research and development, and more funds, manpower and resources can be applied to the research and development of auto parts. to build a wider auxiliary support platform to support project management. On the one hand, the project management department should do a good job in the construction of the management information network for the research and development information of auto parts, collect the data of the research and development of auto parts, process the information of the research and development of auto parts, summarize the files of the research and development projects of auto parts, and improve the research and development of auto parts. The informatization level and communication ability of project management work can ensure the efficiency and speed of the main project of auto parts research and development. On the other hand, it is necessary to establish a corporate culture that is conducive to the management of auto parts research and development projects. Through the construction of auto parts research and development teams, the cultural construction of auto parts research and development groups establishes a cultural platform that is conducive to auto parts research and development and implementation of project management. Better realize knowledge sharing, activity expansion and cultural activities in the process of auto parts research and development, so as to effectively guarantee the actual work of auto parts research and development project management.

Epilogue

The research and development of auto parts is an important core work of automobile enterprises, and the implementation of scientific project management is an important goal of the automobile management system. It is necessary to introduce market-oriented ideas and scientific management concepts into the details of parts R&D project management, starting from the problems of automobile enterprises in parts R&D projects, re-deconstruct the management system and mechanism, and effectively improve the parts R&D of automobile enterprises. process, improve the functionality and effectiveness of project management, consolidate the system foundation, management premise and project system of auto parts research and development, upgrade project management, and promote auto parts research and development projects to take a scientific and systematic management path , to create a new model and new paradigm for auto parts R&D project management.