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PLM Journal contrasts PLM and PDM project management methodologies

Oxford, England. November 12, 2009

The PLMIG announces the publication of the Q2 Issue of the PLM Journal, which explains and contrasts two new methodologies for PLM and PDM project management.
For PLM, the subject and scope are difficult to define and the end scenario is several years away. Conventional project management cannot cope with so many "unknowns", and so a Generative Project Planning methodology is used. This plans through to Full PLM Maturity, covering the whole of the extended enterprise, with 'concept elements' at the later stages and short term actionable projects at the start. It means the board can see the whole picture whilst only having to approve small or medium-sized projects, and the generative process allows for changes of direction as the business and as PLM technology develop.

For PDM, the number of technical inter-relationships between sub-projects means that conventional project management is very inefficient, and yet scrum techniques are hard to apply. A 'Reverse Holistic' methodology allows a complete project structure to be maintained whilst minimising the technical anticipation or "second guessing" that conventional techniques entail.

The PLM Journal is circulated to PLMIG members four times per year. The Q1 Issue set out a practical method of calculating the Commercial Impact of PLM. The Q3 and Q4 issues will cover PLM standards, metrics, and PLM development initiatives for 2010.

The PLM Interest Group
The PLM Interest Group is a global Group which brings together its members to work proactively to solve their PLM problems. It has previously run workshops that have produced the PLM Benchmarking Handbook; the PLM-SCM Guidebook; and the PLM Maturity Reference Manual.

More Information
For more information, please contact:
Roger Tempest
PLMIG
http://www.plmig.com/
e-mail: press_info@plmig.com
tel: [UK] 1865 880495

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