Practice And Analysis On Set Top Box Products

The set-top box products are user terminal products of China’s broadcasting and television networks in the digital TV shift (comprehensive shift from analog signals to digital signals, the digital signal will bring better picture and much plenty channel programs, and other value-added services). The main function of STB is as an intermediate device receives and decodes digital SD and HD encoded program source, and it will restore the screen of the analog signal and audio signal output to a TV-set, then users can experience the digital signal program. Conditional Access System, the browser, stock system, advertising system has been the basic configuration for the standard of the domestic digital TV set-top box functionality. CA systems including the descramble, authorization, e-mail, and a set of management system that Front end can manage each user, CA system is a broadcasting and television network’s management system for controlling users. The domestic popular manufacturers of CA include Beijing Novel-Super Digital TV Technology Co., LTD, Sumavision, DVN, CTI etc.The set-top box products not only include communication theory, information management, database, and other attributes of the IT industry, but also are electronic products directly to the users, with the characteristics of the appliance industry and manufacturing. The set-top box products’development generally demands customized products for our customers. Short development cycle is less than a month, and long cycle is more than a year, generally for a short period of2-3months to develop. The set-top box product is a product that chip manufacturers provide blue print, third-party manufacturers (such as CA manufacturers, browser companies, middleware companies) to participate in the project, and provide third-party authentication, set-top box manufacturers get customer demand for hardware design, software application development and third-party integration, they preside over product planning and responsible collaboration products overall. For different broadcasting and television network environment, they must ensure the adaptability of the product on the local environment. In recent years, the provincial network integration and triple play and a new challenge on the set-top box products, including requirements in product upgrades and maintenance, and configuration capabilities increasingly being adaptation middleware in power. As a result, the complexity and flexibility of the set-top box project is evident. The scale of the set-top box manufacturers, nature of corporate, management of corporate, corporate culture also vary on the promotion of project management and experience varies greatly. Network Company attaches great importance to the project management in recent years, project management continues to try to reform and innovation to adapt to the market environment and improve the efficiency, In this progress it improves the management system to motivate employees. The System of the project manager, System of simulation market-oriented, remuneration performance management system (including core staffs long-term incentives), employees career planning routes, learning organization, employee satisfaction ten engineering projects in Network Company, the specific implementation of these project management also played a role in promoting and supporting role.Most of the domestic application of the R&D department of the Network Company in Chengdu Branch, and other project collaboration departments are in Mianyang, remote collaboration is also a long-term domestic challenges application project department needs to deal with. Communication using the critical period of the conference call, QQ group, mail, engineers going to Mianyang from Chengdu to focus on the development, the bottleneck problem let Mianyang technology expert expatriate to resolve, these cases have become routine in the process of project development management program. Project teams also via FTP and other tools to achieve digitization management and network management, to solve flow on the distance problem.Various stages of the project and links have been established corresponding to the system to provide reference for project management, project manager in flexibility not contravene the principles of personal management habits and experience.Increasingly comprehensive management mechanism, on the one hand, the success of the project and the quality of products and better protection are taken out, on the other hand, a large management system is becoming a major load of project managers and project members. Project manager system, the simulated market system enfolds its shortcomings. Network company is a state-owned corporation, their radical reform initiatives in the past few years should be encouraged, the flaw in the ointment does not affect the truth that its positive face to changes in the market, and constantly self-discovery and rectification. Management itself is not static, and need to continually change. Excellent management system has its scope of application and the environment, the environment changes, no matter how perfect the system is, it also needs innovation. Network Company has been learning and innovating continually, I believe that it will get better in the way of project management.