impact analysis
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
Using the right Metrics in Configuration Management
This topic was triggered by Baris Kocabasoglu as he shared his experience on the use of metrics in configuration management during the December edition of the CM2 Congress. So for my first article of the new year, I’m going to explore the usage of metrics in Configuration Management. Many configuration management professionals will recognize that senior leadership with the best intentions do not always choose the right metrics to measure the performance… Read More »Using the right Metrics in Configuration Management
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
Configuration Management is… Impact Analysis!
#ConfigurationManagement is… #ImpactAnalysis! It has been a while since a posted a CM is… post. Today I want to highlight Impact Analysis. A critical capability in the #ChangeProcess is Impact Analysis. It provides not only insight in the technical #impact but also in the business impact of the change. What is the #cost and what are the #benefits. Also it should help answer the question: What happens if you do… Read More »Configuration Management is… Impact Analysis!
The CrowdStrike wake-up call
A CrowdStrike update on 19 July 2024 affecting about 8.5 million Windows computers caused a lot of people grief as they had to postpone their vacation travels or worse their medical treatments were postponed or they could not reach the emergency response services. The estimated cost of this incident for the Fortune 500 companies is 5.4 billion US$, which is more than a full year of revenue for CrowdStrike. Note that… Read More »The CrowdStrike wake-up call