A relationship between budget, expense, and team morale on small satellites is proposed by introducing a psychological parameter "anxiety" Based on this relationship satellite cost, cost effectiveness, frequency of launch, and accumulation of achievement are expressed, and budgetary management are also discussed.

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ThinkPad is a well known Notebook PC brand.The development project has been done by a matrix team consisting of development group, marketing, manufacturing and so forth, located in multiple sites over the world.The development process consists of the development phases in which the deliverables and criteria at each phase entry and exit are defined.This paper describes the team formation and the development process.This paper considers the matrix team, required skills of a project leader, tips for smooth project execution, and schedule control based on the experience of a Technical Project Manager.

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Project cannot succeed only by process management.Applying adequate technology is most important factor for project success.One of the technologies is selection of control chart.Inadequate chart causes project troubles by missing control timing and action.Product rate type control chart is most adequate for daily control and project overview management.We can clearly describe daily goals;easily find delay of daily results.And we easily estimate delay of number of days at the end of the process by using this chart. This paper discussed planning curve patterns and daily products curve patterns from real project management meetings.

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According to the Basic Law of Government Administration Reform and the Law of Independent Administrative Corporation, national research institutes of Japan will become new organizations.They will have more flexibility in R&D expenditure, human resource and organizational structures.In this research, we will discuss a new type of research system that is potentially adapted to new reformed national research institutes and propose 'unit-type research system.'

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A complex processing machine is a kind of machine tool by which turing, milling and grinding can be performed only by changing units of the machine.So it may be possible to construct a manufacturing system provided with a higher flexibility.The purpose of this research is to develope a support software to design a manufacturing system where complex processing machines are introduced.The main findings of the reserch are as follows. 1)The performances of model manufacturing systems were simulated by using SIMAN software , and it was clarified that the availability of complex processing machine was affected by ratio of parts mix, the number of complex proceeing machine and variety of parts to be machined. 2)A design support software was developed based on simulation data, and it was confirmed that it was possible to select the combination of hardwares of a manufacturing system.

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Because of the serious changes of Japanese economical situations during these ten years, it is required to create new business area and to enhance competitive power, which imposes great pressure on R&D.Reviewing developments of industrialization in the advanced countries, we can find some coordinating centers which promoted cooperative activites.In this paper, we will review the role of NTT in the computer and communication industry of Japan before NTT's privatization, and then discuss about the coordinating functions for cooperation and information trading among rivals in R&D activities to make innovation or to penetrate into new business area.

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