Shannon,

     The best place to start is with what you have now - the "As Is" as the
     Business Re-engineering Gurus say. You said you have your own way of
     designing boards already, so get this down on paper in the form of a
     (large if need be) Flow Chart, with boxes for each stage, each input,
     and each output. Big sheet of paper and scribbled boxes and arrows all
     over the place is fine to get it all captured. Get as many people to
     contribute as possible - make it show what ACTUALLY happens.

     Then turn the process into what you WANT to happen, and draw up a new
     Flow Chart that does it efficiently - you'll be surprised what you can
     improve once you look at it.

     Hope this helps you in your endeavours,

     Clive ffitch
     MBUK, England



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Subject: [TN] Where to start?
Author:  "\"TechNet E-Mail Forum.\" <[log in to unmask]>,          Shannon Wesley"
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Date:    20-07-98 20:08


My manager has assigned me the task of creating a kind of PCB design
methodology. We currently all have our own way of designing boards and are
looking for ways to capture this information on paper. I've gone to IPCs
web page and printed out anything and everything on PCB design.  Do you
have any suggestion on where I can start?

Shannon Wesley                            email: [log in to unmask]
Systems Engineer                          phone: (619)457-2111 x228
VisiCom Laboratories, Inc.                fax:   (619)457-0888

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