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Embedding the Change: from Dynamic to Static

I recently listened to the IpX True North Podcast where Ray Wozny CEO  and Ken Black VP of Education at the Institute for Process Excellence talked about their CM(2) journey, which I really enjoyed. This article will highlight some of the insights they shared. One in particular is the Enterprise Change assessment or what I call Impact Analysis, which Ken indicates is crucial for the successful processing of a change. A step that is often skipped or done poorly.   An example… Read More »Embedding the Change: from Dynamic to Static

Configuration Management: Change is coming

Help…Why is Configuration Management so Hard to Implement?

Why is Configuration Management so hard to implement and embed in an organization? Over the years I have been involved in various implementations of different aspects of Configuration Management. One thing that stood out was how difficult it is to get buy-in, to get real traction to implement the needed improvements, and to make them stick. This is not just my experience, I have heard this from many Configuration Management… Read More »Help…Why is Configuration Management so Hard to Implement?

Boost your Knowledge Graph with Events to gain Untapped Insights

This article will explore another use case to extend the knowledge graph of the CM Baseline, where we will not only look at the product data to create a kind of product 360 but also all the process and event data related to this product data. By adding events as nodes into a Knowledge Graph, you show events of a specific product data node, but also the interactions between these… Read More »Boost your Knowledge Graph with Events to gain Untapped Insights

IpX True North Podcast

Share PLM Podcast – Moving Product Lifecycle Management forward

Steadfast Consistency: Delving into Configuration Management with Martijn Dullaart I joined Helena Gutierrez and Jos Voskuil on the Share PLM Podcast. We talked about Configuration Management, Product Lifecycle Management and my journey so far. Here you can find the all the Share PLM Podcasts:  To listen on your preferred platform Header Photo by Matt Botsford on Unspla

How does Configuration Management enable Agility?

Co-Authors: Florian Böhme, Jean-Hervé Poisson & Badia Dandana This is the first article in a new series: CM+Agile. Together we will unravel how Configuration Management enables agility and where there will be room for improvements. The first article will set the scene by addressing the pursuit of the Software Driven Vehicle by western automotive OEMs. Revolutionary developments are happening in the automotive industry. At the recent Shanghai Auto Show, where Volkswagen… Read More »How does Configuration Management enable Agility?

Book Launch The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification

The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification: Available Now

Last week I announced the launch of my first book and today it is available:   The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification Unleash the power of Interchangeability and Traceability. If you have struggled with Interchangeability, Traceability, Form, Fit, and Function, this book is for you. It is available on Amazon as a Kindle eBook and as Paperback and on Apple Book store as an eBook. There is still time to join the online launch event on 20… Read More »The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification: Available Now

Survey

The Impact of the Model-based Ecosystem to Configuration Management Survey

We (the Model-based Ecosystem committee of the IPX Congress) need your help. This special edition of the Future of CM newsletter is about the survey to uncover the impact of going model-based to Configuration Management.  From Documents to Model-based More and more information that used to be stored in documents is being transformed into models. Historically CM has, therefore, been mainly dealing with documents and not so much with models.… Read More »The Impact of the Model-based Ecosystem to Configuration Management Survey

Artificial Intelligent Impact Analysis

How ChatGPT will reshape Impact Analysis

Since my last article (16 Ways Large Language Models (Like ChatGPT) impact Configuration Management), OpenAI has released GPT-4 generating even better results than GPT-3.5, which many of us experienced using ChatGPT. Time to dig a little deeper into how Large Language Models (LLMs) could bring us assisted Impact Analysis capabilities. What are Large Language Models (LLMs)? Most of you will have heard something about ChatGPT. But in case you do not know what a… Read More »How ChatGPT will reshape Impact Analysis

Large Language Models

16 Ways Large Language Models (like ChatGPT) impact Configuration Management

With Google announcing Bard, Microsoft integrating OpenAI’s Large Language Model into Bing, and Baidu announcing their Ernie Bot, OpenAI with their ChatGPT initiated the battle of the Large Language Models (LLMs). The question now is how will these Large Language Models impact Configuration Management.  I’m curious to see how, in the next years, this will influence the way we do Configuration Management. Some of my fellow bloggers have already shared their thoughts on the subject: Jos… Read More »16 Ways Large Language Models (like ChatGPT) impact Configuration Management

Circle of Competence

Circle of Competence in Configuration Management

Welcome to the first The Future of CM newsletter of 2023. We continue exploring the next mental model in this series: the Circle of Competence and how this relates to Configuration Management. Especially how the CM Baseline can help us find the needed competencies when assessing a change.    Circle of Competence The Circle of Competence is a mental model about knowing what you do know, and especially what you do not… Read More »Circle of Competence in Configuration Management