Configuration Management and PLM

Configuration Management (CM) is a management process for establishing and maintaining compliance of product performance and the functional and physical properties of the product with the requirements, product design and operational information throughout the entire product life cycle.

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First part of the change management course according to CMPIC 1-4.

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Second part of the change management course according to CMPIC 1-4.

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EIA-649 represents the best in configuration management. It is the latest and perhaps the most widely accepted CM standard for commercial and government configuration management in hardware, software, organizations or IT. Virtually all current standards/industry requirements for CM, etc., including government standards, ITIL CM requirements, ISO 10007 CM guidelines, AS9100 and more, share the same principles as defined in EIA-649. Learn what the latest version of EIA-649 has to say about CM planning (CM plan), identification, change management, status accounting, verification and audit.

The standard provides valuable guidance on the requirements for successful CM implementation. The authors come from different areas of business and government and are experts in the field.

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The course teaches assessment techniques that can be used to uncover deficiencies in existing processes and identify areas for improvement. The assessment techniques use a comparative approach, comparing current practice in all key elements of CM with internationally recognized industry best practices as defined in the recently updated SAE-EIA-649 Rev C standard for configuration management.

During this course, participants will actively plan and prepare an assessment using a realistic scenario and prepare the corresponding assessment report to gain a hands-on experience. The skills learned in this course will provide a solid foundation for conducting future assessments that will enable them to drive CM process improvements.

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Software Configuration Management (SCM) is a specialization of CM on all activities in the area of software development over the entire software life cycle. The topics covered include the definition and tracking of change processes, versioning and conflict handling. It is important to increase the efficiency of automated application creation, the coordination of changes and access control.

The specific aspects of traditional and agile software methods are dealt with in a practice-oriented manner. You will gain a value-based understanding of which SCM techniques are most useful for the development approach and tool capabilities currently in place in your organization. The course concludes with an SCM implementation framework for planning and selecting the optimal SCM strategy and tool capabilities at both the project and organizational level.

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SAE EIA649-1 is a defense-unique standard for the non-governmental standard "SAE EIA-649 Configuration Management Standard", which contains specific requirements for defense contracts. This standard is designed to provide buyers with tailored configuration management (CM) requirements for defense contracts and applies to both hardware and software.

Consistent with SAE EIA-649, SAE EIA 649-1 utilizes the buyer and supplier roles to define requirements for the five CM functions: Configuration Planning and Management, Configuration Identification, Configuration Change Management, Configuration Status Accounting, Configuration Verification and Audit, and the underlying principles. SAE EIA-649-1 is intended to assist the government and/or industry acting in the buyer role to impose CM requirements on defense contracts by providing the "shall" instructions for implementing the EIA-649 CM functions and principles.

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Product lifecycle management (PLM) is becoming increasingly important for most companies when it comes to better coordinating and optimizing core processes.

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