In case you missed them, you can find the following How do YOU CM2? posts in the 54th edition of the Future of CM newsletter:
⏰ Just-In-Time Document Release
❌ What Prevents Us From Just-In-Time Document Release?
🦥 “Configuration Management slows us down!”
The blog post discusses challenges in achieving just-in-time document release, emphasizing common issues such as lack of control over timelines, weak change authority, and informal workarounds. It outlines practical steps for improvement, advocating for defined roles, effective planning, and treating deviations as signals for process gaps, thereby enhancing configuration management.
This article emphasizes the importance of “Just-in-Time” document release in project management. By releasing documents only when needed, it minimizes waste, enhances agility, and reduces risk of using outdated information. The author advocates for structured release mechanisms and synchronization with workflows to improve clarity, accountability, and overall project efficiency.
This article discusses design maturity in datasets for New Product Introductions, emphasizing its role as a measure of usability rather than workflow status. Different maturity stages (Prototype, Pilot, Production) inform downstream actions. Organizations must manage risks associated with bypassing maturity stages, especially in regulated environments. Treating design maturity as a risk management tool is crucial.
The article discusses the critical timing of change control in new product introductions, emphasizing its strategic importance. It argues that initiating change control early within the product lifecycle prevents costly rework and configuration debt. By fostering accountability and communication from the start, organizations can enhance innovation, collaboration, and adaptability.
In case you missed them, you can find the following How do YOU CM2? posts in the 46th edition of the Future of CM newsletter:
1️⃣ What Works Better: One Change Process or Many?
🔀 Is Your Data Model Truly Change-Proof?
🧠 Is Your Organization Truly Model-Based or Does It Still Rely on Tribal Knowledge?
This article is part of the How Do YOU CM2? blog series in collaboration with the Institute for Process Excellence (IpX). Although I receive compensation for writing this series, I stand behind its content. I will continue to create and publish high-quality articles that I can fully endorse. Enjoy this new series, and please share your thoughts! Change isn’t the problem. Inefficient data models are. A data model is a representation of the way… Read More »Is Your Data Model Truly Change-Proof?
This article is part of the How Do YOU CM2? blog series in collaboration with the Institute for Process Excellence (IpX). Although I receive compensation for writing this series, I stand behind its content. I will continue to create and publish high-quality articles that I can fully endorse. Enjoy this new series, and please share your thoughts! Every change process is fundamentally the same. You have a Request phase and an Implementation phase. During… Read More »What works better: One Change Process or Many?
In case you missed them, you can find the following How do YOU CM2? posts in the 44th edition of the Future of CM newsletter:
🚫 Stop Calling Product Changes: “Engineering Changes”!
🤫Impact Analysis: The Secret Ingredient No One Wants To Do!
🚀CM2 Baseline: how to make Impact Analysis easy!
This article is part of the How Do YOU CM2? blog series in collaboration with the Institute for Process Excellence (IpX). Although I receive compensation for writing this series, I stand behind its content. I will continue to create and publish high-quality articles that I can fully endorse. Enjoy this new series, and please share your thoughts! In the previous edition of How Do YOU CM2?, we talked about Impact Analysis and why it… Read More »CM2 Baseline: how to make Impact Analysis easy!