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Why Your C-Suite Doesn’t Care About Your BOM (And How to Fix the Story with CM2)

The article discusses the challenges of presenting Configuration Management (CM) to executive boards, emphasizing the need to shift the narrative from technical details to business outcomes such as predictable revenue, risk mitigation, and product confidence. It highlights the high costs of bad data and offers strategies to reframe CM as a strategic asset that supports…

 
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  • How Do YOU CM2? – Part 6

    How Do YOU CM2? – Part 6

    In case you missed them, you can find the following How do YOU CM2? posts in the 52nd edition of the Future of CM newsletter: ❌ A Configuration Manager is not… 👫 Creativity & Discipline are Best Friends 🎄 A CM2 Christmas Carol: The Ghosts of Configuration Management

  • In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by three spirits who show him the consequences of his choices and the benefits of change. I often think about how this idea applies to Configuration Management (CM) as well.

  • Many people think creativity and discipline sit on opposite ends of the spectrum. Do you think discipline kills creativity? Think again. The most innovative organizations know that structure isn’t the enemy. It’s the enabler. So, you could say Discipline and Creativity are best friends.

  • In this month’s feature article, I explored “The Real Job Description of a Configuration Manager.” But let’s flip the lens and talk about what a Configuration Manager is not.

  • Have you ever read a Configuration Manager job description and thought, “That sounds so calm and structured. What must it be like to work in a place like that?” If you’re smiling already, you know. In this article, part of the How Do YOU CM2? series with the IpX – Institute for Process Excellence, I…

  • How Do YOU CM2? – Part 5

    How Do YOU CM2? – Part 5

    In case you missed them, you can find the following How do YOU CM2? posts in the 50th edition🥳 of the Future of CM newsletter: 🧑‍🚒 When ‘Saving the Day’ Becomes the Problem. 🐺 Why does Configuration Management have such a bad reputation? 😵‍💫 Are you planning on hallucinating your next product?

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