[SI-LIST] Re: SI Tool Justification Document
- From: agathon <hreidmarkailen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:20:36 -0800
Vince,
Besides the ethical aspects, you want an anonymous person to provide you
something that will justify an unknown (to them) tool for the purpose of
solving an undescribed problem type .... why? Because you're unsure of the
justification? Why would you think an anonymous person would be interested?
-- it's too vague. If you don't have the justification very clear then
that's the issue. A 3rd party opinion wouldn't be a guarantee to solve
that problem, and might be very wrong or off the mark.
Life's hard, then you die.
Until then, read Kai.
:-)
Sincerely,
Agathon
On 12/11/06, Kai Keskinen <kalevi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Vince:
>
> I'm sure most of us who have more than a decade or two of experience have
> had to generate something like that. Sharing a document like that is
> probably going to give away some confidential data. You can write your own
> document based on the following research:
>
> a) How many board re-spins does your outfit do because of SI issues and
> what
> is the cost per year? You can get fancy and try to estimate the cost of
> the
> lost market opportunities but usually just the upfront costs of the respin
> is enough. If you figure in the time lost for hardware engineers, software
> engineers, etc. you get an even larger amount. Talking to one of your
> product line managers or sales folks on lost opportunities because you
> could
> not get a proto running for a trade show because of SI issues might also
> help.
> b) How much does your SI tool cost and would an intelligent user of the
> tool
> be able to prevent those respins?
>
> If your ROI (return on investment) of the tool pays for itself after
> saving
> 1 respin, you have justified your tool cost. You also want a plan on how
> the
> tool will be used in your design flow and how many engineers will become
> SI
> engineers. Usually, the SI engineers become a specialized support team for
> all design teams. If you are currently using a company wide schematic
> capture and layout tool, you want to start with the sales person or FAE
> for
> the schematic capture/layout tool vendor to see how their SI tool
> integrates
> with the schematic capture/layout tools. They will also have some
> chartware
> to help you put your document together. You will get a lot of support from
> them to help you sell to your management.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vince Di Lello
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:30 PM
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> Subject: [SI-LIST] SI Tool Justification Document
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> Good morning everyone,
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> =20
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> I was just wondering if anyone on this esteemed list server has ever had
> to create a justification document to get approval to purchase the SI
> tool. If anyone has, could you be so kind as to possibly share the
> document with me so as to save me some time in creating one from
> scratch. Please and thanks in advance.=20
>
> =20
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> =20
>
> Vincent Di Lello, CID+
>
> Senior PCB Designer
>
> Kaleidescape Canada, Inc.
>
> vdilello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 1 519 772 6418 (direct)
>
> 1 519 772 6401 (fax)
>
> 1 519 835 4477 (cell)
>
> www.kaleidescape.com
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> =20
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