IPA IP 2026 Question 18
A question IPA Japan published in 令和8年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問18, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Which of the following is the most appropriate purpose of adopting concurrent engineering?
Explanation
Shortening the development period and the delivery time — concurrent engineering runs the stages of product development in parallel instead of one after another.
In the traditional sequential approach, design, production engineering, manufacturing preparation and so on start only when the previous stage ends, and a problem found late sends work back to the start. In concurrent engineering the departments work at the same time and share information from the beginning, so later stages begin early and problems are caught early. The overall development time and the time to delivery become shorter, and rework and cost fall as well.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — security of a product is ensured by its requirements, design and testing, not by overlapping the development stages
- •(c) — energy-saving performance is a design goal of the product itself, whatever the development process
- •(d) — using the latest technology is a matter of technology strategy and R&D; concurrent engineering is about how the work is scheduled
Key rule: Concurrent engineering overlaps development stages to cut lead time; overlapping project activities to recover a schedule is called fast tracking.
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