Product Performance Validation Life Cycle Management

This paper will discuss critical issues and needs in the product performance validation domain. There is a primary need to manage a vast variety of CAE and Test data files that are used and generated throughout the product performance life cycle. The paper will discuss the different elements of managing such data including basic data structures, process and work flow requirements, product validation plans, and security and access privilege considerations. The goal of executing CAE Analysis or performing physical tests is to gather all product performance information. Evaluating all performance measurements specified for the product makes it possible to ensure that the product will behave as specified throughout its service life. The key here is that decision makers need access to all possible performance metrics for a product, an assembly or a component. There is a primary need to manage a vast variety of CAE and Test data files that are used and generated through the product performance life cycle. The paper addresses the different elements of managing such data including basic data structures, process and work flow requirements, product validation plans, security access privilege considerations and data standardization. This paper will also outline how the product validation management system architecture can support all the needs of this domain. The principal elements of the system include the supporting data structures that are mapped to a database management system and access methods using a service-oriented architecture (SOA).