Describing Cultural Change during PLM Deployment by S-Curves
Following Robert Gilman S-curves are important in biologic science and describe change processes. He uses the forest as an example for an biological system: After clear cut the forest starts to come...
View ArticleDoes a user friendly PLM system solve all deployment issues?
If you present the new company's PLM system to engineers, then some of them after a short introduction understand its potential and they just want to use it even if they have difficulties. Others -...
View ArticleA user friendly PLM configuration should follow work culture
A user friendly system takes the different cultural habits in the organization into account. Here are examples demonstrating the cultural influence. Engineers organize their work using issue lists. In...
View ArticleVisionary Leadership
In introducing PLM an organization has the opportunity to change the current way of working to a new practice, which takes benefit of the PLM capabilities. Preventing the risk of a real change some...
View ArticleOpportunity Change Management in PLM
"Why should we use the change management feature available in PLM? Up to now we could produce our products without using change management. Isn't that too complex for users just starting to execute...
View ArticleMoving to PLM is a transformation process for the whole organization
At the PLM Innovation Congress, Product Innovation 2013, some presenters reported about a second phase in the PLM deployment into an organization, which were described as a new beginning. Their stories...
View ArticleFacilitating Organizational Change
Being responsible for the implementation of PLM in an organization you need a lot of persistence and a long term view to get the change accomplished. This is especially true for organizations in which...
View ArticlePLM Deployment: Process vs. Tool Training
The PLM community talks about resistance to change. In deploying PLM in an organization the PLM training is the first event where future PLM users get in touch with a PLM system. To make sure, the...
View ArticleCan I use my PLM system to go to work? Using metaphors to understand PLM
No, you cannot, you go by foot, by car, by bus or take any other transportation system. But to get ideas sorted out it is sometimes easier to change the realm of meaning. Metaphors are used to...
View ArticlePLM Design Patterns: A better PLM for less than half the price
When an organization contemplates the task of transitioning from existing data management systems to a PLM methodology they often request support from PLM consultants to define supporting procedures...
View ArticleFalling in Love with PLM. The People Side
(This blog is a transcript of the presentation "Falling in Love with PLM. The People Side", which has been held at the PI Congress in Düsseldorf on February 24, 2015.) Last year in joining the PI...
View ArticleHow to establish effective communication during PLM deployment? A Stakeholder...
In managing a PLM deployment initiative the project team has to rely on the support of the departments involved in the change process. Following the advice that the initiative must be supported from...
View ArticleCollaborative Platform for PLM Concepts
While working as a PLM project manager in a medium-sized company I faced the following challenges: The PLM project always operated on limited resources. The project objectives were classified as being...
View ArticleVisionary Leadership
In introducing PLM an organization has the opportunity to change the current way of working to a new practice, which takes benefit of the PLM capabilities. Preventing the risk of a real change some...
View ArticleOpportunity Change Management in PLM
"Why should we use the change management feature available in PLM? Up to now we could produce our products without using change management. Isn't that too complex for users just starting to execute...
View ArticleMoving to PLM is a transformation process for the whole organization
At the PLM Innovation Congress, Product Innovation 2013, some presenters reported about a second phase in the PLM deployment into an organization, which were described as a new beginning. Their stories...
View ArticleFacilitating Organizational Change
Being responsible for the implementation of PLM in an organization you need a lot of persistence and a long term view to get the change accomplished. This is especially true for organizations in which...
View ArticlePLM Deployment: Process vs. Tool Training
The PLM community talks about resistance to change. In deploying PLM in an organization the PLM training is the first event where future PLM users get in touch with a PLM system. To make sure, the...
View ArticleCan I use my PLM system to go to work? Using metaphors to understand PLM
No, you cannot, you go by foot, by car, by bus or take any other transportation system. But to get ideas sorted out it is sometimes easier to change the realm of meaning. Metaphors are used to...
View ArticlePLM Design Patterns: A better PLM for less than half the price
When an organization contemplates the task of transitioning from existing data management systems to a PLM methodology they often request support from PLM consultants to define supporting procedures...
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