Title :
Customer requirements — the driver for engineering solutions
Author_Institution :
Victoria Line Upgrade, Metronet Rail, UK
Abstract :
This paper illustrates the benefits of establishing the requirements early in delivery of major railway renewal programmes using the Victoria line upgrade for London underground as an example. It also describes the solutions implemented by the Victoria line upgrade programme to adapt the conventional project lifecycle approach to a PPP environment.
Keywords :
life cycle costing; railway engineering; London underground; PPP environment; Victoria line upgrade programme; customer requirements; engineering solutions; project lifecycle; railway renewal programmes; Requirements; System Integration; Systems Engineering; Verification & Validation; Victoria Line Upgrade;
Conference_Titel :
Railway Electrification Infrastructure and Systems, 2009. REIS 2009. 4th IET professional Development Course on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-84919-133-3