The management of an engineering program with over one thousand students is a daunting task, which requires the use structured management approaches and objective performance data. In this paper it is presented the rational for the adoption of a process approach for large engineering programs management. As a case study, the assessment framework used at an ACM and CDIO based Informatics Engineering program in Portugal is presented.
Conceive
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Design
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
Implement
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Operate
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.
