Design and implementation is the fourth phase of the project cycle, subsequent to value chain selection, value chain analysis and designing the competitiveness strategy. While is it useful to separate these phases for the purposes of discussion, in practice many of the techniques and skills used in selection, analysis and strategy development are continually applied during implementation. Further, while these stages of the project cycle are sequential, they are not linear: it is essential that analysis continues during the implementation phase, in order to guide modifications to the competitiveness strategy in response to changes in the market, the enabling environment or the chain itself.
Design and Implementation means all activities associated with Designing a Signalling system, Manufacture & Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Training, Supply of Spares and documentation, Handover of the system to the Employer and support during Defect Notification period and beyond as per provisions of Employer’s requirements.
Design vs. Implementation: The Eternal Divide
Typically, people don’t go about their day thinking about design and implementation, or at least not in these terms. Such words are usually limited to the vocabulary of engineers, programmers, developers, or project managers. In spite of this, these two concepts can apply to just about everything in your daily life. Learning to think in these terms may give you a new perspective.
Though the terminology is unorthodox, design and implementation can easily be applied to the process of writing. Whenever I’m putting together an article, essay, story, or document, I find myself performing design and implementation as two distinct activities, whether I attempt to separate them or not. Design is figuring out which ideas I would like to convey, how I want to convey them, and what the feel should be — it’s the big picture. Outlining is a design activity that really helps me bring my writing together.
