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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!

CM+AI: A Day in the Future Life of a Configuration Manager

On Wednesday 15 May I presented CM+AI: A Day in the Future Life of a Configuration Manager during the IpX International CM2 Congress. For those who missed it here is what I presented. Note that this presentation is also a tribute to Mike McKinney and Chrissy Sigrist for their contribution to the world of CM.  What is AI? According Microsoft AI is: It’s the capability of a computer system to… Read More »CM+AI: A Day in the Future Life of a Configuration Manager

Book Launch The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification

Book Launch: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification

It has been a while since I posted on my blog, and that was for a very good reason. I was finalizing my first book:   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. During the launch event, I will give you a sneak peek and tell you a… Read More »Book Launch: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification

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

Is Form-Fit-Function doomed?

Is Form-Fit-Function (FFF) Doomed?

Prof. Dr. Jörg W. Fischer trigged a great discussion on Form, Fit, and Function by making the following statement:    I think Form-Fit-Function is dying a slow, cruel death. So the final edition of this year’s The Future of CM’ newsletter will answer the question: Is Form-Fit-Function (FFF) doomed?  Form-Fit-Function is incomplete FFF has been misused or incorrectly used as a tool to identify the impact of changes to a part.… Read More »Is Form-Fit-Function (FFF) Doomed?

Lollapalooza Effect in the Antilope Canyon

Opportunity cost and the Lollapalooza effect

My previous article about the compounding effect of changes was the first in a series to explore different mental models and how to apply them in Configuration Management. This article will focus on two mental models that can influence our decision-making around changes: Opportunity cost and the Lollapalooza effect. Opportunity cost Opportunity cost is the mental model that explains how you can only spend your time and money once, and therefore you will… Read More »Opportunity cost and the Lollapalooza effect

Podcast

2nd time on the Digital Enterprise Society Podcast with Thom Singer and Craig Brown.

Podcast: The Future of Configuration Management with Machine Learning. I joined Thom Singer and Craig Brown for a second time on the Digital Enterprise Society Podcast. I talk about the Future of Configuration Management. Topics like the CM2 Baseline, Machine Learning and Software over-the-air updates  were discussed.  You can find the podcast here: 149: THE FUTURE OF CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT WITH MACHINE LEARNING. Let me know what you think. More information about the topics we discussed… Read More »2nd time on the Digital Enterprise Society Podcast with Thom Singer and Craig Brown.

Dependencies

Dependencies limit the possible sequences of events

If you missed the previous articles from the CM Baseline series, please check them out first: Understanding the Impact of Changes introduces the need for the CM Baseline. Connections tell the Story introduces the first component of the CM Baseline, the Business Object Graph. Intentions are the desire for new Stories, introduced the second component of the CM Baseline, the Impact Matrix. This article will explore the third component of the CM… Read More »Dependencies limit the possible sequences of events

Intentions are the desire for new Stories

In the CM Baseline series, I have used the analogy of flights, flight plans, gates, control towers to explain how difficult it becomes to manage changes and their dependencies to explain the need for the CM2 Baseline, a.k.a. As Planned/As Released Baseline ( ‘Understanding the Impact of Changes‘).  In ‘Connections tell the Story,’ I explained how a Business Object Graph connecting the data from a business perspective across the expert domain… Read More »Intentions are the desire for new Stories

Connections tell the Story

In my previous post, ‘Understanding the Impact of Changes‘, I used the analogy of flights, flight plans, gates, control towers to explain how difficult it becomes to manage changes and their dependencies. To address this, CM2 from the Institute for Process Excellence has a solution called the CM2 Baseline or a.k.a. the As Planned/As Released Baseline. And while the SAE-EIA-649C standard for Configuration Management in its latest revision hints at this type… Read More »Connections tell the Story