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This article discusses the challenges organizations face due to siloed structures, as highlighted by Conway’s Law. It emphasizes the importance of a change process in fostering cross-functional collaboration, enabling better communication between departments. The author advocates for configuration management as a means to effectively manage change and break down silos, ultimately enhancing organizational efficiency.
The article highlights the challenges of capturing tacit knowledge in engineering design, emphasizing that valuable insights often exist informally within experienced professionals. It advocates for recording reasoning during decision-making processes and acknowledges the importance of mentoring, suggesting a balanced approach between documentation and recognizing human expertise in knowledge management.
The article examines the concept of Product Memory within the context of configuration management (CM), highlighting the importance of preserving the reasoning behind engineering decisions. It emphasizes that while CM effectively manages the “what” of product data, it often overlooks the critical “why.” This gap can lead to significant risks, particularly in complex systems. The…
This article discusses the complexity of managing effectivity in change requests, emphasizing the need to track three stages: desired, planned, and actual effectivity. Many organizations neglect the first two stages, hindering the understanding of gaps and potential issues. It advocates for comprehensive documentation to enhance process intelligence and compliance.
The article discusses the application of AI in engineering change management (ECM), highlighting two studies that focus on predicting change propagation and adherence to effectivity dates. It emphasizes the importance of confirming the scope before effectivity and the need for documented processes to support AI modeling. Practitioners should consider the quality of process inputs when…
The article discusses the concept of configuration debt in product development, highlighting how initial errors in product variant assessments can lead to compounded issues over time. Unlike technical debt, configuration debt manifests in hidden warranty claims and field failures, stemming from unaddressed applicability confirmations that impact subsequent engineering decisions.
The article discusses the importance of distinguishing between applicability and effectivity in change management. It highlights how confusion arises when both concepts are tackled simultaneously, leading to unresolved issues during meetings. The author advocates for a structured process that separates scope confirmation from effectivity assignment, enhancing productivity and decision-making in organizations.
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Thanks for your comment Chris. I like Product Change and can see why Enterprise Change can be misleading.
The consequences of changing any item within a product can certainly be enterprise-wide, but describing every product change as an…
[…] through the change process, without waiting for a reorganization. It is the same problem as in Ignorance is Bliss!…
CM2 certainly strengthens traceability, accountability, and the quality of decision records, but I’d suggest that decision governance and decision quality…