CM Baseline
How the CM Baseline and Agentic AI enables the future of Enterprise applications.
Rob Ferrone’s and Oleg Shilovitsky’s LinkedIn bromance 😉 has resulted in an interesting post by Oleg: How to Build PLM Applications We Love Using AI. His premise (my interpretation) is to build Minimum Loveable PLM applications as small applications supported by AI that fulfill a specific purpose using data from a shared data platform. No MVPs, but MLPs! Around the same time, Michael Finocchario published The Agentic AI Revolution: Reimagining PLM as… Read More »How the CM Baseline and Agentic AI enables the future of Enterprise applications.
Configuration Management is… Part 2
This months newsletter is a collection of posts from the Configuration Management is… series I have posted on LinkedIn. These posts are not intended to limit the scope of Configuration Management, but to create awareness of the breadth of CM. Configuration Management is… #Baselines! Let’s talk about Baselines. Imagine building a house without a blueprint. Each contractor works from their own notes, making changes as they see fit. The result? A… Read More »Configuration Management is… Part 2
Managing Change Successfully in a Collaborative Workspace
This article is a response to the series of posts from Oleg Shilovitsky about Rethinking Change Management. It argues that a collaborative workspace is more effective than the classic file check-in/check-out mechanism for managing changes. Part 1: Orchestrating Complexity Across Systems & Disciplines – (Collaborative Workspace) Part 2: From Check-Out/In to Collaborative Processes, Single Source of Truth Part 3: Coexistence of New Architectures with Legacy PDM/PLM File-Based Revision Control Part… Read More »Managing Change Successfully in a Collaborative Workspace
Configuration Management is… Baselines!
Configuration Management is… #Baselines! Let’s talk about Baselines. Imagine building a house without a blueprint. Each contractor works from their own notes, making changes as they see fit. The result? A structure riddled with inconsistencies, unexpected failures, and costly rework and delays. This is exactly what happens when organizations lack baselines in Configuration Management (CM). What is a Baseline?A baseline is a formally approved configuration snapshot at a specific point… Read More »Configuration Management is… Baselines!
Software in the Configuration Management Baselines
A couple of weeks ago Oleg Shilovitsky posted an article on LinkedIn about the Software Bill of Material (BoM) and in the comments Jos Voskuil asked for my opinion. So for my last article of 2024 I will give my perspective on the Software BoM or more accurately how to deal with Software in the Configuration Management Baselines of products that consist out of Hardware and Software. When it comes to Software I distinguish between:… Read More »Software in the Configuration Management Baselines
A day in the life of a Configuration and Technical Change Manager in an Agile Organization.
Co-Authors:  Florian Böhme, Lucas Heckmann, and Jean-Hervé Poisson In the fourth edition in the CM+Agile series we will take you through a day in the life of a configuration and technical change manager in an agile organization. Daily Standups: Checking the Config and Software Release Status The day started like any other at Cargile, an agile car software company. As the Configuration and Technical Change Manager, my first task was to check last night’s automated… Read More »A day in the life of a Configuration and Technical Change Manager in an Agile Organization.