Niels Malotaux (1948)

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During my study at Delft University of Technology in Holland (electronics, 1974) I worked at the Quality Department of a Dutch ITT subsidiary, just when Philip Crosby was Quality boss of ITT. During my military service, I had the opportunity to design computers for the armed forces. At Philips Electronics I advised customers how to use microprocessor and communications chips in their products. I developed the 4-day "Microcomputer Systems Design" course for Philips and lectured this course for several years. In 1980 I started "Malotaux - Electronic Systems Design", an engineering consultancy firm, where we designed electronics and software for in the products of our customers. There the experience with first-time-right, zero-defects and specification and inspection processes was built and cultivated. In 1998 I started "N R Malotaux - Consultancy" as an independent consultant to teach outsourcers as well as developers how to "optimise the development process", especially for electronics and software development.

Nowadays I am a Project Coach, teaching and coaching R&D, software and systems engineering projects to achieve Quality On Time. Quality On Time is short for delivering the right product, within the time and budget agreed, with no excuses, in a pleasant way for all involved, including the developers.

Types of clients are:

• Outsourcers of electronics and software development (optimising outsourcing results)
• Developers of electronic products (optimising R&D results)
• Developers of software (optimising software results)
• Developers of systems (optimising systems engineering results)
• Individuals (optimizing the results of their individual work)

Teaching and coaching are based on more than 30 years experience in research, hardware, software and systems engineering, and include:

• Quality On Time - That is: Simply the right things, simply on time
• Evolutionary Project Management (Evo) - How to be on time with the right things
• Requirements - What should be the result of the project: The Where, for Whom, What, how Well, When and Why
• Reviews - How to enhance the contents of any document
• Inspections - How to measure the quality of any document

Based on these techniques, researchers, developers and their management learn in a very short period of time keeping focus on what is really important, continuously evaluating “What should be done now, in which order, to which level of detail for this moment”. Using these proven techniques, projects deliver routinely the right results, within time and within budget.

Background on Evolutionary Development Methods can be downloaded from "Booklet and Presentations on Evolutionary Project Management Methods".