EMCI Programme Schedule
Start Date: October 2009
WEEK 1
Day/Date/Time
Saturday
Domain
Day session
8:00am to 1:00pm
I
Monday
CE
III
Domain 3: Product, Service, and Process Development
3.1 Engineering disciplines
3.1.1 Knowledge of appropriate engineering disciplines
3.1.2 Applying engineering disciplines to interpret research and development results
3.1.3 Applying engineering technologies to develop products and processes or evaluate
alternative
Domain 4: Engineering Projects and Process Management
4.1 Project management techniques
4.1.1 Knowledge of project management fundamentals (e.g. work breakdown structure, task
and schedule development) and strategies (e.g. Earned Value Analysis)
4.1.2 Knowledge of project management planning and control concepts
CE
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Venue
CE
Domain 2: Strategic Planning and Change Management
2.1 Strategic destinations and planning (new technologies)
2.1.1 Knowledge of methods for planning & implementing new technology in new
Destinations on global basis
2.1.2 Knowledge of sources available to obtain information on competitors
2.1.3 Applying methods, synthesizing information, interpreting results, and making
appropriate recommendations
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
Domain 1: Market Research, Assessment, and Forecasting
1.1 Market analysis (customer base, competition)
1.1.1 Knowledge of basic tools and techniques
1.1.2 Performing a market analysis, interpreting the results, and making appropriate
recommendations
1.1.3 Communicating results and recommendations to non-marketing personnel
1.2 Best practices and lessons learned
1.2.1 Knowledge of bench marking techniques and sources of information to identify best
practices in other companies
1.2.2 Applying best practices and lessons learned to current practices in-company in order to
improve functioning.
II
Evening session
Wednesday
Topics
IV
CE
Instructor Name
WEEK 2
Day/Date/Time
Saturday
Domain Topics
Day session
8:00am to 1:00pm
II
Monday
III
Evening session
Domain 2: Strategic Planning and Change Management
2.1.4 Using available resources to formulate action plans
2.1.5 Communicate recommendations and action plans
2.2 System design and life cycle engineering
2.2.1 Knowledge of the tools and techniques of system design including system simulation
tools
2.2.2 Knowledge of how life cycle engineering has an impact on system design products
and processes
2.2.3 Applying tools and techniques to compare alternative designs and select an
appropriate model
Domain 3: Product, Service, and Process Development
3.2 Manufacturability
3.2.1 Knowledge of pilot production and feedback process
3.2.2 Knowledge of product feasibility, planning, and development tools
Venue
CE
CE
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday
IV
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
I
Domain 4: Engineering Projects and Process Management
4.1.3 Knowledge of techniques to determine scope, schedule, and budget
4.1.4 Knowledge of techniques for assessing project risk
4.1.5 Knowledge of techniques for project planning
4.1.6 Knowledge of project management resources
CE
Domain 1: Market Research, Assessment, and Forecasting
1.3 Business research and forecasting tools and techniques
1.3.1 Knowledge of models, methods, and techniques
1.3.2 Applying techniques, interpreting the results, and making appropriate recommendations
1.3.3 Communicating results and recommendations
1.4 Risk analysis
1.4.1 Knowledge of basic tools and techniques
1.4.2 Performing a risk analysis, interpreting the results, and making appropriate
recommendations
1.4.3 Communicating results and recommendations
CE
Instructor Name
WEEK 3
Day/Date/Time
Saturday
Domain Topics
Day session
8:00am to 1:00pm
III
Monday
IV
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday
I
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
II
Domain 3: Product, Service, and Process Development
3.2.3 Knowledge of design for manufacturing and assembly/disassembly procedures
3.2.4 Knowledge of Kaizan and Lean production techniques
3.2.5 Knowledge of quality analysis techniques such as TQM and Six Sigma
3.2.6 Knowledge of simulation models and applications
3.2.7 Knowledge of Computer-Driven Software Systems That Can Translate Customer
Information into Product Design Requirements
3.2.8 Knowledge of techniques to design experiments
3.2.9 Applying the tools and techniques to evaluate the manufacturability of one product
or alternative products considering technical and practical factors
Venue
CE
Domain 4: Engineering Projects and Process Management
4.2 Scheduling techniques
4.2.1 Knowledge of work schedule breakdown techniques to schedule work taking into
account human resource constraints, supply chain constraints, and demand constraints
4.2.2 Knowledge of techniques for work scheduling
CE
Domain 1: Market Research, Assessment, and Forecasting
1.5 Trend analysis (economics, social, political, environmental, technology
1.5.1 Knowledge of basic tools and techniques
1.5.2 Knowledge of processes and methods of manufacturing
1.5.3 Performing a trend analysis, interpreting the results, and making appropriate
recommendations
1.5.4 Communicating results and recommendations
Domain 2: Strategic Planning and Change Management
2.3 Partnering and outsourcing strategies
2.3.1 Knowledge of outsourcing and partnering resources
2.3.2 Knowledge of company business and strategic plans
2.3.3 Establishing outsourcing relationships
2.3.4 Establishing partnering relationships
CE
CE
Instructor Name
WEEK 4
Day/Date/Time
Saturday
Domain Topics
Day session
8:00am to 1:00pm
Monday
IV
I
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday
II
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
III
Venue
CE
Domain 4: Engineering Projects and Process Management
4.3 Strategies for maintaining customer service and satisfaction
4.3.1 Knowledge of techniques for obtaining customer feedback
4.3.2 Knowledge techniques for adapting work to meet changing customer needs in a reliable
manner
Domain 1: Market Research, Assessment, and Forecasting
1.6 Technology assessment practices and techniques
1.6.1 Knowledge of practices and techniques
1.6.2 Applying technology assessment practices and techniques, interpreting the results, and
making appropriate recommendations
1.6.3 Communicating results and recommendation
Domain 2: Strategic Planning and Change Management
2.4 Risk management strategies and techniques for new technologies
2.4.1 Knowledge of techniques
2.4.2 Performing an analysis to assess the risks of introducing new technology into various
markets
CE
Domain 3: Product, Service, and Process Development
3.3 System design methodology and life cycle engineering product/process creation
(product or service specifications)
3.3.1 Knowledge of integrated product design and development methods
3.3.2 Knowledge of life cycle engineering analysis
3.3.3 Knowledge of factors that influence product creation such as design for environment,
design for maintenance, design for re-usability, design for service, design for disposal, and
design for life cycle analysis (design for “X”)
CE
CE
Instructor Name
WEEK 5
Day/Date/Time
Saturday
Domain Topics
Venue
CE
Domain 1: Market Research, Assessment, and Forecasting
1.7 Presentation Skills
1.7.1 Knowledge of presentation techniques including hardware and software tools
Day session
8:00am to 1:00pm
I
Monday
II
Domain 2: Strategic Planning and Change Management
2.5 Change management techniques and adjustment strategies
2.5.1 Knowledge of change process dynamics
CE
III
Domain 3: Product, Service, and Process Development
3.3.4 Knowledge of cost analysis techniques
3.3.5 Knowledge of simulation models
CE
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
IV
CE
Domain 4: Engineering Projects and Process Management
4.4 Total Quality Management (TQM); continuous process improvement
4.4.1 Knowledge of industry and regulatory standards for quality (e.g., ISO, ANSI, etc)
Instructor Name
WEEK 6
Day/Date/Time
Saturday
Domain Topics
Day session
8:00am to 1:00pm
Monday
IV
Domain 4: Engineering Projects and Process Management
4.4.2 Knowledge of quality process management techniques (other than TQM)
4.5 Project and Process Tools
4.5.1 Knowledge of root cause analysis techniques
4.5.2 Responding to identified problems
Venue
CE
I
Domain 1: Market Research, Assessment, and Forecasting
1.7.2 Written Communication, Oral Communication
1.7.3 Listening and responding to questions or disagreements
CE
II
Domain 2: Strategic Planning and Change Management
2.5.2 Knowledge of factors contributing to resistance to change
2.5.3 Implementing change effectively in a group or team
CE
III
Domain 3: Product, Service, and Process Development
3.3.6 Knowledge of web-based product design tools
3.3.7 Applying techniques to design products, services, and processes from a total system
and life cycle engineering perspective
CE
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
Evening session
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Instructor Name