22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-5.7.5

PRODUCT MATURITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

S. Sharma, A. Mussad, S. McCleery
Airbus UK Limited, UK

Keywords: collaborative working, procurement contracts, validation, verification, maturity

This paper explains, in generic terms, an approach taken by Airbus UK Limited to address product maturity through Partnership, with some extensions indicating the areas where collaborative working assist in designing complex systems through multidisciplinary teams. Some indications are also given on procurement and contractual issues, e.g. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

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