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Reference and Recommended
Reading List
Books
Engineering Documentation Control Practices and Procedures
By Ray E Monahan Marcel Dekker, Inc 1995
A very good overview of the engineering documentation
control discipline.
Design Assurance For Engineers and Managers
By: John A. Burgess Marcel Dekker, Inc 1984
Well presented quality design considerations for
research and development people.
Implementing Configuration Management Hardware, Software and
Firmware
By: Fletcher J. Buckley IEEE Press 1993
A must read for anyone interested in DoD / Military
contracting Configuration Management. Includes excel-
lent reference lists.
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Software Applications List
Technical Documentation Management Software
By: Grayme (Bart) Bartuli
[email protected] An excellent list of software application programs for
CM and Technical Information Management.
Web Sites
EC3 Corp Frank B Watts, CCM
www.ecm5tools.com
Five exceptional CM / EDC tools: Seminars, Literature,
Software, Consulting & Benchmarking
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Continuing Engineering Education
www.uwm.edu/dept/ccee
For EDC /CM coursework and much more
University Consortium for Continuing Education
www.ucce.edu
Systems Engineering certification and short courses
including EDC / CM
Association for Configuration and Data Management
www.acdm.org
For association membership, CM job listing, and more.
See especially “Resources” – “CM Yellow Pages”
Leeds University, UK / Callum Kidd
www.escm.org
University CM coursework and much more. Also email
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CM Resources Guide / Steve Easterbrook
www.cmiiug.com/sites/htm
Detailed listings for CM/EDC resources.
National Defense Industry Association
www.ndia.org/operations/com-div/TECHINFO/cdm
Certification by testing for Configuration and Data Man-
agement/specialist. Government/Military emphasis.
Bourke Consulting Association
www.bourkeconsultingassoc.com
Significant expertise in Configurator Modules
Articles
ISO 9000: The World Quality Standard
By: Donald R. Stovicek, Senior Ed.
Tooling & Production Magazine April 1993
Article/Cover Story puts the ISO 9000 specifications into
perspective.
Group Technology
By: Frederick B. Ingram APICS P&IM Journal
Article in Fourth Quarter 1982
Award winning article explains Group Technology/Class
Coding systems, concepts, structures and uses.
Engineering Changes: A Case Study
By: Frank B. Watts APICS P&IM Journal
Article in Fourth Quarter 1984
The story of how one company reduced its CM time on
engineering changes from forty to five work-days.