Project R&D. Tower Semiconductor

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1 Project R&D Tower Semiconductor Overview presentation May-2004 s1

2 Subjects! Tower Semiconductor Background! Typical R&D Project Phases Interfaces Properties! Project Management Methodologies s2

3 Tower Semiconductor - Background! Independent Semiconductor foundry! Tower is a public company since Tower's shares are traded on NASDAQ and Tel Aviv! Market Value: ~ 470M$! # of Employees: ~ 1300! Sales 2003: ~ 60M$! FAB1, FAB2 s3

4 Tower Semiconductor R&D Organization! R&D efforts are focused on advanced NVM solutions, mixed-signal and CMOS imagesensor technologies! R&D as a matrix organization More than 100 Employees 4 Sub-Departments More than 10 Projects in parallel Cross the organization s4

5 Typical R&D Project! Phases & Responsibilities: R&D FAB Feasibility Development Pre Qual Production! Average Project Duration: 1-2 Years! Average Project Members: 30-40! Project Management Platform Project 2003 s5

6 R&D Interfaces NDC Tower Management Process Diffusion Etch Metal Photo Operation Fab 1 Fab 2 Device Device Eng. Test Chip Device Lab Modeling R&D Integ. Project Managers Operations QA Scheduling Production Interfaces Budget Control Test Customer Service Marketing Customers s6

7 Working Methodologies Working Methodology Tower Mng. R&D PM R&D RM R&D Mng. Cust. FAB Oper. Marketing, NDC, QA, Test Project Management Methodology Phase Review Methodology Schedule Management Budget Management Resources Management Knowledge Management R&D Specifications Road Map PISGA Project Templates PM Project Manager, RM Resources Manager, Mng. Management, Cust. Customers, Oper. Operation s7

8 System Structure Master Schedule Phase Review PISGA T0P 8 MMS Visio Interface Project Plan Phase Review Activities Road Map US US Technology Development s8

9 Questions??? s9

10 Back Up Our People: Your Greatest Asset

11 R&D Organization Chart s11

12 Schedule, Resources & Budget Management! Schedule Management Master Schedule CCB forum Weekly tracking procedure! Resources Management Weekly/Monthly Procedure! Budget Management Monthly Follow up (Data from SAP platform) s12

13 Phase Review Methodology! Define the different phases of a development project! Define procedure and success criteria for moving from phase to phase Phases & Responsibilities: R&D FAB Feasibility Development Pre Qual Production Phase review activities and targets are defined for every section The phase review activities are added to the project Gantt Delay in the phase review readiness should get the approval of the CCB forum s13

14 Phase Review Flow Project Mgr. Announce he is ready for phase review Operation Manager schedules a "phase review" meeting Get all phase review inputs and corrective actions Implement action items and meet again Issue "to do" list Conditional Get Team approval and signs No Correct specification Yes Project Move to its next phase s14

15 PISGA Application s15

16 Phase Review Template s16

17 Project Template s17

18 Master Schedule Objectives Provide management with hi-level overview Define management time frame for R&D projects plans Information sharing Integrate R&D projects Enables Projects standardization s18

19 Weekly Tracking Flow Publish tasks Report schedule progress Request schedule re-planning Preliminary project plan update Analyze updated schedule Set schedule meeting CCB required? YES CCB process NO Update project plan Publish new and changed assignments s19

20 CCB Process Impact Analysis - CCB is required Fill CCB request form Present request to CCB Request approved? Yes Update project plan No Inform CCB decision s20

21 Microsoft Project Server 2003 RAP! Being amongst the first 10 companies in the world to use Project Server 2003! Top tier companies s21

22 RAP Partners Technology Management support Israel USA Technical Issues Methodology s22